Orange County Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

The fee filing or recording of any grant deed conveying real property is twenty dollars ($20.00). Excluded from payment of these fees are:

(a) Trust deeds;

(b) Grant deeds conveying easements or oil or mineral rights only;

(c) Grant deeds to or from government entities or officers thereof acting in their official capacities;

(d) Grant deeds recorded or re-recorded solely for the purpose of correcting an error in a previously recorded document;

(e) Grant deeds conveying lots created by recorded tract maps or which describe the property conveyed as an entire lot or lots created by a recorded miscellaneous map or maps;

(f) Grant deeds conveying condominiums and planned residential developments.

(Ord. No. 3653, § 1, 8-25-87)

When tax-defaulted property is redeemed prior to the proposed sale of such property, and after the County has incurred publication costs in connection with the notice of intended sale, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will collect, from the party making the redemption, a fee of twenty-six dollars ($26.00) to cover the costs of such publication. Said fee shall be in addition to any other fees and charges which may be collected in connection with such redemption.

(Ord. No. 3764, § 1, 9-19-89)

When tax-defaulted real property is sold, or redeemed prior to the proposed sale of such property after a power-of-sale notice has been recorded, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will collect, from the proceeds of the sale or the party making such redemption, a fee of two hundred thirty dollars ($230.00) per parcel, to cover the actual costs to the County of obtaining the names and last known addresses of the parties of interest and giving notices of the tax sale to such parties of interest.

(Ord. No. 3828, § 1, 7-9-91)

When the Treasurer-Tax Collector conducts a sale of tax-defaulted real property, there shall be distributed to the County General Fund, from the proceeds of the sale, a fee of two hundred eighty dollars ($280.00) for all or any portion of each separately valued parcel of real property sold, to reimburse the County for its actual costs of conducting the sale. This fee shall supersede the fee authorized by Section 4672.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(Ord. No. 3841, § 1, 10-15-91)

Editor's note— Sections designated as 8-1-15—8-1-19 have been redesignated from 8-1-14—8-1-17, in order to avoid duplication of section numbers in this Code.

(a) A person may submit an application to the Orange County-Sheriff Coroner Department ("OCSD") to examine or receive a copy of any local arrest record pertaining to the applicant. Only the subject of the local arrest record may obtain a copy or examine the local arrest record pertaining to him/herself.

(b) Application for examination or a copy of a local arrest record shall be made on a form created by OCSD.

(c) Applicant shall pay a fee of sixty-seven dollars ($67.00) at the time the application is submitted. The fee represents the costs to OCSD to verify the identity of the applicant, search for a local arrest record pertaining to the applicant, and make the record available to the applicant either for examination or by providing a copy.

(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the County treasury.

(e) This ordinance supersedes the fee established by resolution 90-1494, adopted December 5, 1990.

(Ord. No. 25-008, § 1, 3-25-25)

(a) Whenever the Sheriff-Coroner takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, the Sheriff-Coroner shall charge and collect from the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, as specified in section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code, a fee of three hundred thirteen dollars ($313.00) for removing the body from the place of death and keeping the body until it's released to the person responsible for its interment. Said fee shall not be charged in any of the following circumstances:

(1) The person entitled to control the disposition of the remains claims and proves to be indigent;

(2) The body is that of a child not more than fourteen (14) years of age; or

(3) The Sheriff-Coroner ascribes the death to the criminal act of another unless the Sheriff-Coroner has reasonable grounds to believe that the deceased was involved in any criminal activity which contributed to his or her own death.

(b) The fee authorized by this section, if not paid, shall be considered a part of the funeral expenses and paid as a preferred charge against the estate of the decedent, pursuant to section 27472 of the Government Code.

(c) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the County treasury.

(Ord. No. 3844, § 2, 11-5-91; Ord. No. 03-010, § 2, 1-7-03; Ord. No. 06-007, § 1, 8-8-06; Ord. No. 08-001, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 25-016, § 1, 9-23-25)

Note— See editor's note to § 8-1-14.

When the Treasurer-Tax Collector seizes property to be sold at public auction in satisfaction of delinquent taxes on the unsecured roll, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will collect a fee pursuant to Section 2958 of the Revenue and Taxation Code from the proceeds of such auction sale, to reimburse the actual costs incurred by the County in making such seizure. If the seizure is of a boat or other vessel, or if the assets of a business are seized, the fee collected by the Treasurer-Tax Collector shall be two hundred thirty-seven dollars ($237.00) for each such seizure. This fee shall supersede the fee authorized by Section 2958(c) of the Revenue and Taxation Code. If the owner of such seized property redeems the property prior to the auction sale, the foregoing fee will be added to the redemption amount as a cost, in accordance with Section 2959 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(Ord. No. 3839, § 1, 10-15-91; Ord. No. 07-011, § 1, 6-19-07)

Note— See editor's note to § 8-1-14.

When the Treasurer-Tax Collector executes or levies on a deposit account in a financial institution to enforce a judgment for delinquent taxes on the unsecured roll pursuant to Section 3106 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will charge a fee of forty-seven dollars ($47.00) for each such execution or levy, to recover the actual cost to the County of service of the notice, attachment, writ or other appropriate document(s) necessary to effect such execution or levy. Such fee will be added to the judgment as a cost thereof, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Ord. No. 3839, § 2, 10-15-91; Ord. No. 07-011, § 2, 6-19-07)

Note— See editor's note to § 8-1-14.

The Treasurer-Tax Collector will charge and collect an application fee of four hundred sixty-five dollars ($465.00) for processing each application for separate valuation of a parcel for redemption pursuant to section 4151 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. This fee will reimburse the actual costs incurred by the Treasurer-Tax Collector in processing such an application.

(Ord. No. 3840, § 1, 10-15-91; Ord. No. 08-012, § 1, 6-24-08)

Note— See editor's note to § 8-1-14.

When the Treasurer-Tax Collector registers a bond at the request of a bondholder, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will charge and collect a fee, from the bondholder, of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each bond registered, regardless of the denomination of the bond. This fee shall supersede the fee authorized by Section 5008 of the Government Code.

(Ord. No. 3853, § 1, 3-3-92)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 3853, § 1, adopted March 3, 1992, amended the Code by adding a § 8-1-17. In order to avoid duplication of section numbers, the aforesaid has been redesignated as § 8-1-20.

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 4217(b)(1), the Treasurer-Tax Collector will collect a fee of thirty-one dollars ($31.00) for processing a taxpayer's request to pay delinquent unsecured property taxes in installments. This fee is to reimburse the actual costs incurred by the County in processing such a request.

(Ord. No. 07-011, § 3, 6-19-07)

(a) After the second installment of taxes on the secured roll is delinquent, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will collect a fee of twenty-three dollars ($23.00) for preparing the delinquent tax records and giving notice of delinquency on each separate valuation on the secured roll of:

(1) Real property, except possessory interests,

(2) Possessory interests, and

(3) Personal property cross-secured to real property.

(b) The fee will be collected even though the property appears on the roll due to a special assessment and no valuation of the property is given. The fee will reimburse actual costs incurred by the County in preparing delinquent tax records and giving notice of delinquency.

(Ord. No. 07-013, § 1, 7-24-07)