Kern County Municipal Code Ch. 4.32 Miscellaneous Fees

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 26840.2, a fee of five dollars ($5.00) is established for each issuance of a marriage license outside the county's normal business hours. This fee is in addition to that provided in Government Code Section 26840 and shall be collected by the county clerk and paid into the county treasury.

(Prior code § 9200)

A. Pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 27471, whenever the county coroner takes custody of a body pursuant to law, he may charge to and collect from any person or persons entitled to custody of such body under the laws of this state a fee of up to one hundred seventy-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($178.75) for causing such body to be embalmed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 7304, except:

1. When the body is that of a person not more than fourteen (14) years of age; or

2. When the body is that of a person for whose burial there is available less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

B. Any fees collected under subsection (A) of this section shall be paid into the county treasury.

(Prior code § 9201)

A. Pursuant to provisions of the Government Code, Penal Code and Welfare and Institutions Code authorizing fees to be assessed for services, the fees for the following services are hereby established or increased:

1. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 730.6, the fee for collection of juvenile restitution fines shall be the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the restitution fine ordered by the court or forty dollars and eleven cents ($40.11).

2. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 279, the fee for collection of juvenile restitution shall be the lesser of two percent (2%) of the amount of restitution ordered by the court or forty dollars and eleven cents ($40.11).

3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 13967, the fee for collection of adult restitution shall be the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the amount of restitution fine ordered by the court or two hundred thirty-six dollars and fifty-two cents ($236.52).

4. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 903 and 904, the parental fee for maintenance of wards in juvenile facilities shall be eight hundred seventy dollars ($870.00) per month or twenty-nine dollars ($29.00) per day for time spent at the juvenile hall, the Crossroads Program, Camp Owen, or the Pathways Program.

5. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1205, subdivision (d), the fee for collection and processing of installment accounts receivable shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) and for noninstallment accounts shall be thirty dollars ($30.00). Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.1b, subdivision (h), the fee for processing and collection of the cost of adult probation services in installments shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Only one of the fees authorized in this subsection shall be charged in connection with any account.

6. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 903.3, the fee for sealing juvenile traffic records shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00).

7. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.4, subdivision (d), the fee for the processing of a petition for a change of plea, whether or not the petition is granted and the records are sealed or expunged, shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00).

8. The fee for a change of plea if so determined by the court in accordance with Penal Code Section 1203.4, subdivision (c), shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00).

9. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.016, the program administrative fee for electronic monitoring of low risk offenders in connection with the home detention program shall be twenty-two dollars ($22.00) per day per participant.

B. The provisions of Penal Code Section 1203.1b which authorize the courts to impose a fee covering the reasonable cost of probation, the conducting of the pre-sentence investigation and the preparation of the pre-sentence report are made operative in this county.

(Ord. G-7099 § 2, 2004: Ord. G-6378 § 2, 1997: Ord. G5871 § 2, 1992: Ord. G-5854 § 2, 1992: Ord. G-5520 § 2, 1991: Ord. G-5129 § 2, 1989; Ord. G-5010 § 2, 1989)

(Ord. No. G-7981, § 2, 6-23-09)

A. Pursuant to Section 22850.5 of the Vehicle Code authorizing administrative fees to be assessed related to the process of removal, impound, storage, or release of vehicles, the following fees are hereby established:

1. The fee for the removal, impound, storage and release of a vehicle by the sheriff's department without a request for a hearing pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22852 shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

2. The fee for the removal, impound, storage and release of a vehicle by the sheriff's department with a request for a hearing pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22852 shall be one hundred sixty-five dollars ($165.00).

3. The fee for a returned check for payment of a fee pursuant to this section shall be fourteen dollars ($14.00).

B. The sheriff's department shall charge the fees set forth in this section only to those persons specified as responsible for payment of the fee by Vehicle Code Section 22850.5 and shall only charge the fees under the circumstances authorized by Section 22850.5.

C. The sheriff's department shall provide for post-storage hearings concerning the release of stored vehicles in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22852. The hearing shall be conducted by a peace officer employed by the sheriff's department that was not in any way associated with impounding the vehicle concerning which the hearing was requested. The peace officer shall: (1) meet personally with the person requesting the hearing; (2) allow that person to present all facts relevant to whether reasonable grounds existed to impound the vehicle and whether vehicle should be released early; (3) consider all facts presented or known; and (4) issue written notice of the decision to the person requesting the hearing. If it is determined in the post-storage hearing that reasonable grounds for the storage are not established, the sheriff's department shall pay the cost of vehicle towing and storage and shall not charge a fee under this section.

(Ord. G-7168 § 2, 2004)