Chapter 8 — DOCUMENTS RECORDS AND PUBLICATIONS ,

San Francisco Administrative Code · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · San Francisco

Sec. 8.1. "Records" Defined.

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.

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.

Department of Public Works ("DPW") Geographic Information System ("GIS") Data Sec. 8.40. 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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