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An Act To Change Document Filing and Copying Fees for County Registries of Deeds
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §751, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 246, §1, is further amended to read:
 
1. Instruments generally.   Receiving, recording and indexing any instrument that may be recorded and for which a specific fee is not set forth in this section or in any other section, the sum of $13$19 for the first record page and $2 for each additional record page or portion of an additional record page. In addition, if more than 4 names are to be indexed, a fee of $1 must be paid for each additional name, counting all grantors and grantees;
Sec. 2. 33 MRSA §751, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2005, c. 246, §2, is further amended to read:
 
9. Plans.   Recording, indexing and preserving plans, the sum of $15$21;
Sec. 3. 33 MRSA §751, sub-§14-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 508, §1, is further amended to read:
 
14-B. Paper copies.   Making abstracts andpaper copies of records at the office of the register of deeds as follows:
 
A. Five dollars per page for paper abstracts and copies of plans; and
 
B. One dollar per page for other paper abstracts and copies; and
 
C.  Fifty cents per page for digital abstracts and copies, except that the fee is 5¢ per page for copies of 1,000 or more digital abstracts and copies of consecutive records; and
Sec. 4.  33 MRSA §751, sub-§14-D  is enacted to read:
 
14-D.  Downloads of 1,000 or more consecutive electronic images or electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds.     Acquiring downloads of 1,000 or more consecutive electronic images or electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds equipped to provide downloads of images or electronic abstracts, 5¢ per image or electronic abstract;
Sec. 5.  33 MRSA §751, sub-§14-E  is enacted to read:
 
14-E.  Electronic images, printed images or electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds website.     Acquiring electronic images, printed images or electronic abstracts from a county registry of deeds website as follows:
 
A.  No charge for the first 500 images or electronic abstracts, or a combination of the first 500 images and electronic abstracts, acquired by a person in a calendar year; and
 
B.  Fifty cents per image or electronic abstract for each subsequent image or electronic abstract after 500 acquired in the same calendar year; and
Sec. 6.  33 MRSA §753  is enacted to read:
§ 753. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
 
1.  Electronic abstract.     "Electronic abstract" means the digital indexing information for a document.
 
2.  Image.     "Image" means a digital capture of an individual page of a document or plan filed in a county registry of deeds.
 
3.  Person.     "Person" means a person, corporation, partnership or other entity.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 126th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.