That is not true in Arizona. Recording fee is $24 and there is no review by anyone other that the Recorder's office clerk for mundane things like a north arrow, graphic scale, seal & signature and font height.
As I said above:
"there are a few recording states that haven't exploited the purchasers of surveys but I have faith that they will eventually come around."
Kansas has statutes that require the review be based on actual expenses. However, closure reports on the interior and exterior are also required to be given to the reviewer.?ÿ I do reviews for several counties and with closures in hand, it really doesn't take much actual time.?ÿ It is also a good training exercise for employees to go over the subdivision plat and report to me on their findings. Compare and contrast, etc.
Sounds like another government bureaucracy with the incentive to find mistakes to justify their own existence.?ÿ
You mean like emissions testing??ÿ I hate that garbage with a passion.
@r-s-mayer we are currently battling Santa Barbara County over a review fee hike, they want a deposit of $3400 to review Record of Surveys that are within an incorporated City, yes different fees if the map is within City Limits.
Oh, it's government sponsored theft, imo.?ÿ I could grab a crow bar and rip the catalytic converter off my 4-cylinder grocery-getter and I'm pretty sure I'd still have less emissions than these hillbilly trucks I see driving around all over the place, but that doesn't stop the state from trying to steal $20 from me every single year.?ÿ And there's only 1 county in the entire state of Idaho that requires it... as if there's a magical wall right at the county line where the air suddenly becomes cleaner.?ÿ ?????ÿ I hate it so much I could rant about it for hours so I better stop now.?ÿ
Whaaaaaaaaat??ÿ So if it's a deposit does that mean you get at least some or all of the money back?
That's insane.?ÿ Sounds like classic overspending and then trying to make up for it by jacking any and all fees just because they can.
@jph 100% they spend 20 hours on average reviewing a RS, the next county to the north, 6 hours...
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@bstrand not sure yet, I have only had flat fees for the reviews in the two counties I work, hopefully we can convince the Board of Supervisors this is ludicrous. They vote on the fee hikes in the next few weeks.
I see.?ÿ And I thought incorporated and city limits meant essentially the same thing.?ÿ I'm surprised it's even legal to double dip like that.?ÿ Sounds like a whole lot of people need to go down and tell the county to pound sand.