The government of Riverside County California has decided to do something in that area wouldn’t have expected, Riverside has started charging $1 to access public records online and you still get charged the dollar even if the name or record is not available.

What merchant would charge you to search its Web site to see if it has a particular product in inventory? None.

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Right now it costs the public $0.25 to $0.75 per page to obtain printed copies of public records in New Jersey. Their has been a recent law proposal that if passed that would decrease the cost of public records copies mainly printed documents by about $0.15 . Others that oppose the bill are worried that the reduced costs of printed copies will trickle down to faxed and emailed copies as well.