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PD 231 Section 20

Fees and charges.

Section 20

SEC. 20. Fees and charges. — The municipality may collect the following fees and charges, among others, at rates not exceeding those enumerated hereunder: (a) Cart and sledge registration fee, per annum 12.00 (b) Circus or menagerie parades, and other parades using banners, floats or musical instruments, except civic and military parades and religious procession, P50.00 per day (c) Registration fees on large cattle: (1) Certificate of ownership 1.00 (2) Certificate of transfer 2.00 (d) Building permit fee: (1) Construction of residential buildings costing: Not exceeding P3,000.00 10.00 For each succeeding P1,000.00 or fraction thereof 2.00 (2) Construction of commercial or industrial buildings costing: Not exceeding P5,000.00 25.00 For each succeeding P1,000.00 or fraction thereof 4.00 (3) Residential building repairs costing: Less than P500.00 Exempt P 500.00 but not exceeding P1,000.00 2.00 For each succeeding P500.00 or fraction thereof 1.00 (4) Commercial or industrial building repairs costing: Not exceeding P1,000.00 5.00 For each succeeding P1,000.00 or fraction thereof 2.00 (5) Construction and repairs of other structures: Same rates as those fixed under items (1), (2), (3) or (4) above. (e) Marriage fees: (1) Application fee 10.00 (2) License fee 2.00 (3) Solemnization fee 5.00 (f) Registration fees on the civil status of persons — For the registration o£ documents and for certified copies of documents on file in the office of the local civil registrar: (1) Per registration of legitimation 5.00 (2) Per registration of an adoption 5.00 (3) Per registration of an annulment of marriage 15.00 (4) Per registration of a divorce 15.00 (5) Per registration of a naturalization 30.00 (6) Per registration of a change of name 5.00 (7) Per certified copies of any document in the 1.00 register, for each 100 words Tile civil registrar may issue certified copies of documents free of charge for official use at the request of a competent court or other government agency. The issuance of certified copies of birth certificates of children reaching school age when such certificates are required for admission to the primary grades of the public schools shall be considered official and given free of charge. (m) (g) Secretary's fees — For the issuance of copies of official records and documents: (1) For every 100 words or fraction thereof, typewritten (not including the certificate and any notation) 1.00 (2) Where the copy to be furnished is in a printed form, in whole or in part, for each page (double this fee if there are two pages in a sheet) 2.00 (3) For each certificate of correctness (with seal of office) written on the copy or attached thereto 2.00 (4) For copies furnished other bureaus, offices and branches of the government for official business (except those copies required by the court at the request of litigants, in which case charges should be made in accordance with the above schedule) Free (5) For certifying the official act of a municipal judge or other certificate (judicial), with seal 2.00 (6) For certified copies of any paper, record, decree, judgment or entry ol which any person is entitled to demand and receive a copy (in connection with judicial proceedings), for each 100 words. 1.00 (7) Xerox or any other copy produced by copying machine, per page 2.00 (8) Photo copy, per page 5.00 (h) Police clearance fee, per certificate issued: (1) For employment, scholarships, study grants and other purpose not hereunder specified 2.00 (2) For firearms permit application 20.00 (3) For change of name 20.00 (4) For passport or visa application 30.00 (5) For application for Filipino citizenship 100.00 (i) Fees for the impounding and/or sale of astray animals, including cost of feeds: (1) Large cattle, per day 10.00 (2) All other animals, per day 5.00 (J) Burial Permit fee 1.00 (k) Fee for exhumation of cadaver 1.00 (l) Fee for removal of cadaver 3.00 (m) Dog license fee, per annum 2.00 (n) Bicycle permit fee, per annum 5.00

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CitationPD 231 Section 20 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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