California § 9525 - Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the fee for filing and indexing

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§ 9525. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the fee for filing and indexing

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this chapter is set forth in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12194 of the Government Code. (b) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subdivision (a). (c) The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is as follows: (1) Ten dollars ($10) if the request is communicated in writing. (2) Five dollars ($5) if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by a rule adopted by the filing office. (d) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under subdivision (c) of Section 9502. However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 9525 ("Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the fee for filing and indexing") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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