A special recording fee must be paid and collected for certain recorded instruments, and the judge of probate must not receive the instrument for record unless the fee is paid.
(a) On and after May 17, 1981, a special recording fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county, and, on and after such date, no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited into the county general fund. (b) In Bibb County, on and after April 27, 1989, a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the county, and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office, in the discretion of the county commission. On and after such date no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of three dollars ($3) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the county commission. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited into the county general fund.