Register of Deeds: Fee Schedule
Fee Schedule Table
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002
In addition to the fees required to be charged and collected pursuant to K.S.A. 28-115 as amended, subsection (a) the Register of Deeds shall charge and collect an additional $2.00 per page for recording.28-115: the Register of Deeds of each county shall charge and collect the following fees:
(The chart below includes the additional $2.00 as provided in K.S.A. 28-115 as amended)
| For recording deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of writing, for the first page (not to exceed legal size page 8½"×14") *** | $8.00 |
| For second page and each additional page or fraction thereof | $4.00 |
| Recording town plats, for each page | $20.00 |
| Recording release or assignment of real estate mortgage. ($5.00 per mortgage being assigned or released and $2.00 per page of document being recorded) | $7.00 |
| Certificate, certifying any instrument of record | $1.00 |
| For filing notices of tax liens under the Internal
Revenue laws of the United States (Fee includes a $15.00 U.C.C. filing fee provided by K.S.A. 79-2617) |
$20.00 |
| For filing releases of tax liens, certificates of discharge, under the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. (Fee includes a $15.00 U.C.C. filing fee provided by K.S.A. 79-2617) |
$20.00 |
| Discharge of State Tax Liens from Department of Human Resources | $18.00 |
| For filing liens for materials and services under K.S.A. 58-2-1, and amendments thereto | $5.00 |
| K.S.A. 60-2201 Lis Pendens | $5.00 |
| K.S.A. 79-2616d Certificate | $5.00 |
| K.S.A. 79-2616d Copy of tax lien (per page) | $1.00 |
* Mortgage Registration Tax is calculated at 26 cents per hundred dollars of the principal amount of indebtedness.
| EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2001 Revised Article 9, Uniform Commercial Code |
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| Original financing statement ** | $15.00 | |
| Amended financing statement ** | $15.00 | |
| Continuation statement ** | $15.00 | |
| Financing statement indicating assignment ** | $15.00 | |
| Separate statement of assignment ** | $15.00 | |
| Statement of release, full or partial ** | $15.00 | |
| Attachments beginning with page 11 and each additional page thereafter | $1.00 | |
| Real estate mortgage subject to K.S.A. 84-9-402 (6) (Fixture Filing) ** | $15.00 | |
| Written information request: per debtor name | $15.00 | |
| Copy request: a copy of any filed financing statement or statement of assignment (per page) | $1.00 | |
** National Form Required
Additional Information
No fee shall be charged or collected for any filing made by the Department of Revenue as required under the provisions of the Kansas Inheritance Tax Act, and amendments thereto.
All fees enumerated in this section, except those charged for the filing of liens and releases of tax liens under the internal revenue laws of the United States, shall be due and payable before the Register of Deeds shall be required to do the work. If the Register of Deeds fails to collect any of the fees provided in this section, the amount of the fees at the end of each quarter shall be deducted from the register’s salary. The Register of Deeds shall bill the United States Internal Revenue Service on the last day of each month for the amount of fees accrued in the filing and releasing of federal tax liens.
If the name or names of the signer or signers or any notary public to any instrument to be recorded are not plainly typed or printed under the signature affixed to the instrument, the Register of Deeds shall charge and collect a fee of ($1.00) in addition to all other fees provided in this section.
If sufficient space is not provided for the necessary recording information and certification on a document, such recording information shall be placed on an added sheet and such sheet shall be counted as a page. The document shall be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof. If a document is judged not to be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction, such document shall be accompanied by an exact copy thereof which shall be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof and which shall be recorded contemporaneously with the document and shall be counted as additional pages. The Register of Deeds may reject any document which is not of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof.
Any document which was filed on or after January 1, 1989, which was a size print or smaller than 8-point type but which otherwise was properly filed shall be deemed to be validly filed.
Except as otherwise provided, all fees provided for in this section shall be paid by the Register of Deeds to the County Treasurer and deposited into the general fund of the county.