Monterey County

Tentative map review fee: Deposit-based hourly fee — no flat published amount; the Permit Center collects a deposit at application submittal with additional billing for actual staff hours (see Land Use Fee Estimator tool) source · verified 2026-07

Confirmed live on two county-hosted pages: the RMA-Planning application checklist PDF states 'Certain types of applications are subject to an hourly fee... the amount of payment due with the application is a deposit with additional charges per hour for actual time spent on that application,' and the HCD Permit Center's 'Application Process' page directs applicants to a 'Land Use Fee Estimator' tool rather than a static number. The Historical Fee Schedules & Fee Resolutions page confirms past fee resolutions are only available via a public-records request (not published as a standalone PDF online), so an exact current dollar figure for a Tentative Parcel Map specifically could not be verified — recommend calling HCD Permit Center at (831) 755-5025 for a project-specific estimate.

Recording fee: $83.00 for the first page + $2.00 for each additional page (Map Filing Fee) source · verified 2026-07

From the county's official 'RECORDER FEE SCHEDULE (revised 03/03/2026)' published on the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder's Fee Schedule page, citing Gov. Code §§27372 and 27361.4. Single primary source (the official fee-schedule page itself); no independent second document was found restating this exact figure, though the same page's other recording-fee entries were internally consistent with the 3/3/2026 fee-fund increase, giving confidence in the current-ness of the page.

Tentative map review fee: $3,504.38 flat (Minor Subdivision / Parcel Map review, fee code 1000.30.3462-56.3020) source · verified 2026-07

From the City of Salinas Community Development 'Fee Schedule July 2026' PDF (Current Planning fee table). Corroborated by a prior-year copy of the same schedule (July 2025 fee schedule) which shows the same fee category at a lower prior figure (~$10,968 was actually the separate Tentative Map/tract fee, not the Parcel Map fee — the July 2026 schedule additionally lists 'Tentative Map under 25 lots' at $11,769.98 with $370.39/lot over 25, confirming the fee category and annual escalation pattern across both years). Treat as single-sourced for the exact current Parcel Map dollar figure since only the current schedule was fully machine-readable; the July 2025 PDF could not be parsed via automated tools to directly confirm the prior-year Parcel Map number.

Recording fee: Same as county — final/parcel maps are recorded with the Monterey County Recorder (168 West Alisal St., Salinas), not a separate city office: $83.00 first page + $2.00/additional page source · verified 2026-03

California law requires final/parcel maps to be recorded at the county recorder regardless of the incorporated jurisdiction that approved them, so Salinas maps use the county Map Filing Fee above. The city's own fee schedule separately lists a $0.25/page charge for photocopies of its Subdivision Ordinance text — unrelated to map recording.