San Francisco Administrative Code Ch. 8 Documents, Records and Publications
San Francisco Administrative Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-24 · San Francisco
Cite as: San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 8 · Text as of 2026-09-24
CHAPTER 8: DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND PUBLICATIONS
New Ordinance Notice
Publisher's Note: This Chapter has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 99-26 , approved 5/29/2026, effective 6/29/2026). The text of the amendment will be incorporated under the new section number when the amending legislation is operative.
| Sec. 8.1. | "Records" Defined. |
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| Sec. 8.2. | Responsibility for Preservation and Filing of Records. |
| Sec. 8.3. | Retention and Destruction of Records Generally. |
| Sec. 8.3-1. | Sound Recordings. |
| Sec. 8.4. | Records Classifications. |
| Sec. 8.5. | Establishment, Use, Etc., of Records Center. |
| Sec. 8.7. | Prerequisites to Destruction of Records; Sale in Lieu of Destruction. |
| Sec. 8.8. | Disposal of Obsolete Law Books. |
| Sec. 8.9. | Preservation of Essential Records. |
| Sec. 8.10. | Department of Building Inspection Records. |
| Sec. 8.12.2. | Cost of Publication, Etc. |
| Sec. 8.12.3. | Disposition of Money. |
| Sec. 8.12.4. | Free Publications. |
| Sec. 8.12.5. | Electronic Distribution of Multi-Page Documents. |
| Sec. 8.13. | Sale of Systems Time and Programming Time. |
| Sec. 8.14. | Medical Examiner's Fees for Copies of Documents and Certain Services. |
| Sec. 8.15. | Filing or Posting of Departmental Rules and Regulations. |
| Sec. 8.16. | Filing of Annual Reports and Official Documents with San Francisco Public Library. |
| Sec. 8.17. | Mailing of Documents. |
| Sec. 8.21. | Library Commission – Note Cards. |
| Sec. 8.21-1. | Establishment of a Library Publication Fund. |
| Sec. 8.21-2. | Library Fines and Fees. |
| Sec. 8.21-3. | Library Fee Amnesty Program. |
| Sec. 8.22. | Registrar's Fees. |
| Sec. 8.23. | Police Department Fees. |
| Sec. 8.24. | Recorder's Fees. |
| Sec. 8.24-1. | Establishment of a Recorder's Fund. |
| Sec. 8.24-2. | Establishment of a Recorder's Modernization Fund. |
| Sec. 8.24-3. | Additional Fee for Filing of Preliminary 20-Day Notices. |
| Sec. 8.24-4. | Recorder's Access and Indexing Fees and Fund. |
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| Sec. 8.24-5. | Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Recordation Fee. |
| Sec. 8.24-6. | Survey Monument Preservation Fee. |
| Sec. 8.24-7. | Social Security Number Truncation Program Fee. |
| Sec. 8.25. | Destruction of Criminal History Records. |
| Sec. 8.26. | Civil Service Commission Inspection and Fingerprint Fees. |
| Sec. 8.27. | Sheriff's Department Fees. |
| Sec. 8.27-1. | Booking Fee; Sheriff and Police Departments. |
| Sec. 8.28. | City Planning Fees. |
| Sec. 8.29. | No Authorization to Collect Fees for Probation Costs. |
| Sec. 8.30. | Adult Probation Department – Project 20 Administrative Fee. |
| Sec. 8.32. | Small Claims Court Judgment Debtor Fee. |
| Sec. 8.33.1. | County Clerk's Fees. |
| Sec. 8.33.2. | County Assessor-Recorder's Fees. |
| Sec. 8.34. | Tax Collector Fees. |
| Sec. 8.34.1. | Tax Billing – Administrative Fees. |
| Sec. 8.34.2. | Credit and Debit Card Transaction Fees. |
| Sec. 8.36-1. | Juvenile Probation Department – Stepparent Adoptions. |
| Sec. 8.37. | Clerk of the Board of Supervisors – Fees. |
| Sec. 8.39. | Regional Transit Discount Identification Card Fees. |
| Sec. 8.40. | Department of Public Works ("DPW") Geographic Information System ("GIS") Data License Agreements; Ratification of Prior Fees. |
| Sec. 8.41. | Controller's Fees. |
| Sec. 8.43. | Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development Administrative Fees. |
| Sec. 8.44. | Department of Administrative Services Reproduction and Notary Fees. |
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