NOTE: Delinquent library accounts are referred for collection when unpaid bills are more than $49.99 on an account.

Borrowing Threshold Change

Effective Oct. 1, 2015, the bills threshold for borrowing privileges has been set to $10. Accounts with $10 or more in bills will be unable to borrow library materials. Details in English | Español .

Overdue Fines

(Revised 7/1/2015)

Material Audience	Material Type	Daily Fine Amount	Maximum Fine
Adult	Books	$0.30	$20.00
	Magazines	$0.30	$5.00
	Video*	**$1.00	$20.00
	Audio (books, MP3, music) and CD-ROM	$0.30	$20.00
	Paperbacks, pamphlets, pictures and other uncataloged material	$0.30	$5.00
Young Adult & Juvenile	Books	$0.10	$5.00
	Magazines	$0.10	$5.00
	Video*	**$1	$10
	Audio (books, MP3, music) and CD-ROM	$0.10	$5.00
	Paperbacks, pamphlets, pictures and other uncataloged material	$0.10	$5.00
Museum Pass (10 and 14 days)		$0.30	$20.00
Reference		$1.00/hour	$100.00
Portable Electronics - Take Home		**$5.00/day
Portable Electronics - In-House		**$2.00/hour

*Video materials are: DVD (Digital Video Disc), VC (Video Cassette), VCD (Video Compact Disc), DVC (Described Video Cassette), VD (Video Disc) and VHS (Video Cassette).

**Change in fines beginning July 1, 2015

San Diego Circuit Fines

The San Diego Public Library is now a member of the San Diego Circuit. (See the press release for more details.)

The San Diego Circuit allows library users to quickly borrow materials free of charge from other Circuit consortium libraries including:

• University of California at San Diego
• California State University San Marcos
• University of San Diego
• San Diego County Library System
• San Diego State University

Fine Type	Amount
Late Charges	$1.00 per day up to a maximum of $15.00 per item.
Lost Item	$100.00 assessed on the 16th day an item is late. No refunds will be given once payment has been received for a lost item.
Unpaid Fines	Unpaid fines will be referred for collection, which could result in additional charges and reporting to a credit agency.

Fees

(Revised 7/1/2015)

Fee	Description	Amount
Library Card Replacement	Adult Card	$2.00
	Juvenile Card	$1.00
Material Replacement	Adult Materials	Cost of item + $10 Processing Fee
	Young Adult & Juvenile Materials	Cost of item + $5 Processing Fee
	Magazines & Paperbacks	Cost of item
	Uncataloged Materials	Cost of item
Library Card Fee	Resident	None
	Non-resident	$32**
Photocopies	Self-Serve per page (black and white)	$0.20 per page
	Self-Serve per page (color, Central only)	$1.00 per page
	Staff copies per page	$0.25 per page + $5 per item mailed
	Microfiche Reader Printing. Printed by patron from coin operated machine.	$0.15 per page
Inter-library Loan	Non-refundable fee per request	$5 per request
Test Monitoring		Discontinued

**Change in fee beginning July 1, 2015