LD358

Increases fees for services provided by county registers of deeds in Maine.

This bill increases fees paid to county registers of deeds for various services. It sets a flat fee of $45 for receiving, recording, and indexing any instrument that is not specified elsewhere in the law. It also raises fees for acquiring electronic images, printed images, or electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds website. The bill further increases the surcharge for copies of plans to $5 per document and the fee for downloads of 1,000 or more consecutive electronic images or abstracts to 50 cents per image or abstract.