Proposal would charge $10 to search court records

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a move that is raising concern about limiting access to public documents, California courts could charge $10 for each record search under a proposal included in Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget.

The governor included the search fee as one of the ways the courts can raise $30 million a year to offset budget cuts.

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