[WSBARP] Increase in Recording Fee to subsidize housing

[Jan Kelly]

I could be mistaken, but I seem to recall when I moved back to WA in 2013, the recording fee was around $79 for the first page. WOW. 

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> On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:42 PM, Doug Schafer <schafer at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>  Wow, I just read in the newspaper: "Document recording fees vary by type of document, but the standard fee is $103.50, so with the new surcharge, that fee will rise to $203.50"
> On 4/24 our legislature added $100 to the fee for recording documents with the county Auditor/Recorder.  I think it was about $35 not that many years (or decades) ago.
> https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1277&Year=2021
> 
> Doug Schafer, in Tacoma
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