Gov. Code, § 70626 · Article 1. Civil Fees Generally
Gov. Code, § 70626
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The fee for each of the following services is forty dollars ($40). Subject to subdivision (e), amounts collected shall be distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund under Section 68085.1.
(1) Issuing a writ of attachment, a writ of mandate, a writ of execution, a writ of sale, a writ of possession, a writ of prohibition, or any other writ for the enforcement of any order or judgment.
(2) Issuing an abstract of judgment.
(3) Issuing a certificate of satisfaction of judgment under Section 724.100 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) Certifying a copy of any paper, record, or proceeding on file in the office of the clerk of any court.
(5) Taking an affidavit, except in criminal cases or adoption proceedings.
(6) Acknowledgment of any deed or other instrument, including the certificate.
(7) Recording or registering a license or certificate, or issuing a certificate in connection with a license, required by law, for which a charge is not otherwise prescribed.
(8) Issuing a certificate for which the fee is not otherwise fixed.
(b) The fee for each of the following services is forty-five dollars ($45). Subject to subdivision (e), amounts collected shall be distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund under Section 68085.1.
(1) Issuing an order of sale.
(2) Receiving and filing an abstract of judgment rendered by a judge of another court and subsequent services based on it, unless the abstract of judgment is filed under Section 704.750 or 708.160 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(3) Filing an application for renewal of judgment under Section 683.150 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) Issuing a commission to take a deposition in another state or place under Section 2026.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or issuing a subpoena under Section 2029.300 to take a deposition in this state for purposes of a proceeding pending in another jurisdiction.
(5) Filing and entering an award under the Workers’ Compensation Law (Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code).
(6) Filing an affidavit of publication of notice of dissolution of partnership.
(7) Filing an appeal of a determination whether a dog is potentially dangerous or vicious under Section 31622 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(8) Filing an affidavit under Section 13200 of the Probate Code, together with the issuance of one certified copy of the affidavit under Section 13202 of the Probate Code.
(9) Filing and indexing all papers for which a charge is not elsewhere provided, other than papers filed in actions or special proceedings, official bonds, or certificates of appointment.
(c) The fee for filing a first petition under Section 2029.600 or 2029.620 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if the petitioner is not a party to the out-of-state case, is eighty dollars ($80). Amounts collected shall be distributed to the Trial Court Trust Fund pursuant to Section 68085.1.
(d) The fee for delivering a will to the clerk of the superior court in which the estate of a decedent may be administered, as required by Section 8200 of the Probate Code, is fifty dollars ($50).
(e) An amount equivalent to twenty-five dollars ($25) of each fee collected pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be used by the Judicial Council for the expenses of the Judicial Council in implementing and administering the civil representation program under Section 68651.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 851, Sec. 6. (SB 688) Effective January 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=70626.
- Text hash
- sha256 2d54b053b8db95a1ac9cd9d4d396028804dd6febb74b60409a2c2e7e70d11131
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 683.150Printed as Section 683.150 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.750Printed as Section 704.750 or 708.160 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 708.160Printed as Section 704.750 or 708.160 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 724.100Printed as Section 724.100 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2026.010Printed as Section 2026.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2029.600Printed as Section 2029.600 or 2029.620 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2029.620Printed as Section 2029.600 or 2029.620 of the Code of Civil Procedure
Food and Agricultural Code
Government Code
Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Gov. Code, § 70626. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 683.150Printed as Section 70626 of the Government Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 724.100Printed as Section 70626 of the Government Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2029.300Printed as Section 70626 of the Government Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2029.610Printed as Section 70626 of the Government Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2029.620Printed as Section 70626 of the Government Code
Food and Agricultural Code
Government Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.