Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

I believe the nature of the records does not matter, except for medical records there is a Federal limitation to fees being reasonable and not necessarily the flat charge allowed by state law.

California

California Evidence Code Section 1560-1567

■Not more than $.10 per page for 8.5x14 inches or less

■$.20 per page for microfilm copies

■actual costs for the reproduction of oversize documents or the reproduction of documents requiring special processing which are made in response to a subpoena

■reasonable clerical costs incurred in locating and making the records available to be billed at the maximum rate of twenty-four dollars ($24) per hour per person, computed on the basis of six dollars ($6) per quarter hour or fraction thereof

■actual postage charges

Evidence Code Section 1158

If a patient's attorney requests the medical records:

■Ten cents ($.10) per page for documents 8.5x14 inches or less

■Twenty cents ($.20) per page for document copies from microfilm

■Actual costs for oversize documents or special processing

■Reasonable clerical costs to retrieve records; $4.00 per quarter hour or less

■Actual postage charges

UPDATE: California Health & Safety Code Section 123100