Office of the City Clerk and Seattle Municipal Archives
Fee Schedule

Effective Date May 30, 2009

Note: Under Rule 2009-01, Fees for Reproduction of Records, fees are waived for City staff on official City business.
Contractors and/or consultants working for the City are not exempt and must pay in full.



A.  Paper Records up to 11"x17" (no fee for requests under 10 pages)

Photocopies of paper records 

$   .15 per page/side

Digital images (photocopier scans) of paper records

$   .15 per page/side

Digital copy of existing electronic record or scan           

cost of materials (see (I) below)

B.  Photographic Records

Photographic prints (from commercial vendors) 

$ 3.00 plus vendor costs

Photographic reproductions of fragile or difficult documents,maps or drawings

$20.00 plus vendor costs

Digital images (photocopier scans) of photographic records

 

up to 11"x17"

$   .15 per page/side

over 11"x17"

actual vendor costs

Custom scans of photographic records

$ 8.00

Digital copy of existing digital photograph or scan of photograph

cost of materials

C.  Audio Records of Council meetings and hearings

From analog to digital, per event recorded

$10.00 plus materials (see (I) below)

From digital to digital

cost of materials (see (I) below)

From digital to analog, per event recorded

$10.00 plus materials (see (I) below)

D.  Video Records of Council meetings and public hearings

From analog to digital

$10.00 plus materials (see (I) below)

From digital to digital

cost of materials (see (I) below)

From digital to analog

$10.00 plus materials (see (I) below)

E.  Domestic Partnership

Domestic Partnership Registration

$25.00

Replacement certificate

$10.00

F.  Certification of record

$  1.00 per document

G.  Postage, shipping

under $5

no charge

$5 and over

actual cost to City

H.  Returned Checks (insufficient funds, closed account, etc.)

$20.00

I.  Materials

CDs

$ 3.00 each

DVDs

$ 5.00 each

VHS

$ 5.00 each

Audio cassette

$ 5.00 each

Other

actual cost to City