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Relating to a convenience fee for recording applications for the registration of a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or vessel in a county by a person who is not a resident of the county
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes
Same legislation: HSB 761
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 5, 2026
- Done: House committeeApril 15, 2026
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 28, 202682–8
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary County recorders could charge people a convenience fee of up to $10 when they file paperwork like snowmobile or boat registrations. This fee only applies to people who do not live in the county and do not pay property taxes there. The money collected would go into a special fund used for managing the recorder's records.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a county recorder to charge, in addition to any other fee imposed by law, a convenience fee for the filing or recording of an instrument, including the filing of an application for the registration of a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or vessel, for a person who is not a resident of the county, unless that person pays property tax to the county and provides proof of payment. The recorder shall not charge a convenience fee in excess of $10. Moneys collected from the assessment of a convenience fee pursuant to the bill shall be deposited in the county’s county recorder’s records management fund and used for specified purposes.
Why it matters. Nonresidents who file or record documents in a county, such as registering a snowmobile or vessel, may be charged a convenience fee of up to $10. People who pay property taxes to that county and provide proof of payment would not have to pay this fee. The collected money would go into the county recorder’s records management fund to be used for specific purposes.2
Changed since by amendment H-8412; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named April 29, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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