District of Columbia Code Division VII. Property. § 42-1210. Fees of Recorder of Deeds.

(1) For filing, recording, and indexing, or for making certified copy of any instrument containing 200 words or less, $1, and $.20 for each additional 100 words, to be collected at the time of filing, or when the copy is made;

(2) For each certificate and seal, $.50;

(3) For searching records extending back 2 years or less next preceding current date, $.50 and $.15 for each additional year, to be paid by the party for whom the search may be made;

(4) For recording a plat or survey, $.20 for each course such survey may contain;

(5) For recording a town plat, $.25 for each lot such plat may contain;

(6) For taking any acknowledgment, $.50;

(7) For filing and indexing a bill of sale of chattels, or a mortgage or deed of trust thereof, or a conditional bill of sale of chattels, including a release of any such instrument, $2;  provided, that for the filing of a release of any such instrument filed prior to September 3, 1952, the Recorder of Deeds shall collect a fee of $.50;

(8) For filing an affidavit pursuant to § 41-202, $2;

(9) For filing and indexing any other paper required by law to be filed in his office, $.50;

(10) For filing and recording a certified copy of a judgment, decree, or entry or order of forfeiture of a recognizance, filed and recorded under § 15-102(a), $1;

(11) For recording the release of a lien established by the recordation of a judgment, decree, or an entry or order of forfeiture of a recognizance under § 15-102(a), $.50.

(1) For filing and recording each notice of mechanic's lien, $1;

(2) For entering release of mechanic's lien, $.50 for each order of lienor;  and

(3) For each undertaking of lienee, $.75.