C.R.S.
Section 30-10-421
Filing surcharge
- definitions
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, and through April 30, 2026, the county clerk and recorder shall collect the surcharge imposed by the electronic recording technology board under section 24-21-403 (2) for each document received for recording or filing in his or her office. The surcharge is in addition to any other fees permitted by statute.(1.5)
The surcharge described in subsection (1) of this section shall not be collected on any filing received by the county clerk and recorder as an authorized agent of the executive director of the department of revenue pursuant to section 38-29-128 or 42-6-121, C.R.S.(2)
Repealed.(3)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
A county clerk and recorder shall transmit monthly each surcharge collected in accordance with paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the electronic recording technology fund created in section 24-21-404, C.R.S. Any money transmitted to the state treasurer is collected on behalf of the electronic recording technology board and is excluded from the county’s fiscal year spending.(b)
The county clerk and recorder shall retain the proceeds of the surcharge collected pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section. Such proceeds shall be utilized to defray the costs of establishing, maintaining, improving, or replacing an electronic filing system.(c)
The county clerk and recorder shall place all surcharges that he or she retains pursuant to this subsection (3) in a separate, segregated account.(4)
County governments shall be exempt from all fees authorized to be collected under the provisions of this section if the county or any agency thereof is the grantor or grantee of the document being recorded or if a delegate child support enforcement unit files or records documents for the purpose of collecting child support, child support arrears, maintenance, maintenance when combined with child support, retroactive support, or child support debt.(I)
Electronic documents received for recording or filing in his or her office; and(II)
Paper documents received for recording or filing in the clerk and recorder’s office that are converted from paper, microfilm, or microfiche into an electronic format.
Source:
Section 30-10-421 — Filing surcharge - definitions, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-30.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).