ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 102
(Senators Fanning, Minard, Deem, Redd, McCabe, Wooton, McKenzie, Hunter and
Kessler, original sponsors)
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[Passed April 14, 2001; to take effect July 1, 2001.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section ten, article one, chapter
fifty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to modifying the fees
charged by the clerk of the county commission; combining fees
charged for various types of documents and services; and
increasing certain fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ten, article one, chapter fifty-nine of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. FEES AND ALLOWANCES.
§59-1-10. Fees to be charged by clerk of county commission.
For the purpose of this section, the word "page" is defined as
being a paper writing of not more than legal size, 8 ½" x 14".
The clerk of the county commission shall charge and collect
the following fees:
(a) When a writing is admitted to record, for receiving proof
of acknowledgment thereof, entering an order in connection
therewith, endorsing clerk's certificate of recordation thereon and
indexing in a proper index, where the writing is a:
(1) Deed of conveyance (with or without a plat), trust deed,
fixture filing or security agreement concerning real estate lease
$10.00
(2) Financing, continuation, termination or other statement or
writing permitted to be filed under chapter forty-six of this code
10.00
(3) Plat or map (with no deed of conveyance)10.00
(4) Service discharge record No Charge
(5) Any document or writing other than those referenced in
subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection . . . . . .
. . 5.00
(6) If any document or writing contains more than five pages,
for each additional page1.00
(b) For administering any oath
other than oaths by officers and employees of the state, political subdivisions of the state, or
a public or quasi public entity of the state or a political
subdivision of the state, taken in his or her official capacity.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.00
(c)(1) For issuance of marriage license and other duties
pertaining to the marriage license (including preparation of the
application, administrating the oath, registering and recording the
license, mailing acknowledgment of minister's return to one of the
licensees and notification to a licensee after sixty days of the
nonreceipt of the minister's return)25.00
(2) One dollar of the marriage license fee received pursuant
to this subsection shall be paid by the county clerk into the state
treasury as a state registration fee in the same manner that
license taxes are paid into the treasury under article twelve,
chapter eleven of this code;
(3) Fifteen dollars of the marriage license fee received
pursuant to this subsection shall be paid by the county clerk into
the state treasury for the family protection shelter support act in
the same manner that license taxes are paid into the treasury under
article twelve, chapter eleven of this code.
(d) (1) For a copy of any writing or document, if it is not
otherwise provided for1.50
(2) If the copy of the writing or document contains more than
two pages, for each additional page. . . . . . . . . . .1.00
(3) For annexing the seal of the commission or clerk to any
paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
(4) For a certified copy of a birth certificate, death
certificate or marriage license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.00