be filed in the office of the county clerk or that an instrument be

205.246 be filed in the office of the county clerk or that an instrument be filed in deed or mortgage records shall be considered to be a requirement that such instruments be recorded instead of being filed. [Formerly 21.530; 1991 c.230 �16]

����� 205.260 [1985 c.613 �30; repealed by 1987 c.311 �10]

����� 205.310 [Repealed by 1957 c.359 �3]

COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF FEES

����� 205.320 Fees collected by county clerk; use of portion of certain fees. (1) In every county there shall be charged and collected in advance by the county clerk, for the benefit of the county, the following fees, and no more, for the following purposes and services:

����� (a) For filing and making entry when required by law of any instrument required or permitted by law to be filed, when it is not recorded, $5 for each page.

����� (b) For filing and making entry of the assignment or satisfaction of any filed, but not recorded, instrument, $5 for each page.

����� (c) For each official certificate, $3.75.

����� (d)(A) For recording any instrument required or permitted by law to be recorded, $5 for each page, but the minimum fee shall not be less than $5. As used in this subparagraph, �page� means one side of a sheet 14 inches, or less, long and 8-1/2 inches, or less, wide.

����� (B) For supplying to private parties copies of records or files, including by electronic delivery of images, not more than $3.75 for locating a record requested by the party and 25 cents for each page. As used in this subparagraph, �page� means one side of a sheet 14 inches, or less, long and 8-1/2 inches, or less, wide.

����� (C) For each official certificate, $3.75.

����� (e) For taking an affidavit for and making and issuing a marriage license and registering the return of the license, or for taking an affidavit for and registering a Declaration of Domestic Partnership, $25.

����� (f) For solemnizing a marriage under ORS 106.120, $117. This paragraph does not require that the county clerk or deputy of the county clerk charge a fee for solemnizing a marriage after normal working hours or on Saturdays or legal holidays. This paragraph does not prohibit a county clerk or a deputy of the county clerk from charging and accepting a personal payment for solemnizing a marriage if otherwise authorized by ORS 106.120.

����� (g) For taking and certifying acknowledgment or proof of execution of any instrument, the fee established in the schedule adopted by the Secretary of State under ORS