§ 12973

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 258. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.

The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee for issuing certificates when the fee is not otherwise specified, the following amounts:

(a)Twenty-two dollars ($22), if there is sufficient demand so that the commissioner in the commissioner’s discretion has prepared a form of the certificate in advance that requires only the filling in of blanks for completion.
(b)For issuing any other certificate, the reasonable cost of preparing and issuing that certificate, but not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for the first copy of the certificate and nine dollars ($9) for each additional copy.

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