The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings are the following:

(a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages.

Terms Used In California Government Code 12194

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC

(b) Twenty dollars ($20) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages.

(c) Five dollars ($5) if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by a rule adopted by the office of the Secretary of State.

(d) Two dollars ($2) if the record is a state tax lien certificate of release.

The Secretary of State shall collect a special handling fee for filing records in the manner provided in Section 12182.

Financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings shall be submitted on national standard forms as approved by the office of the Secretary of State or on those national forms but lacking a space identified for the disclosure of the social security number of an individual.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 235, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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