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Pay Fines and Fees
We accept cash, checks and Visa & Mastercard. You may also pay online. Fines will not appear on your account until the overdue items are checked back in. Our overdue charge is $0.25 per item per day with a maximum of $5.00; except for One Week Watches, Express Reads, Story Time Together Bags, Hot Spots, and Playaways which are $1.00/day overdue. Maximum fine for juvenile books, CDs and magazines is $3.00.
Library Schedule of Fees
| Subject | Description | Overdue Fine |
Maximum Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overdue Materials |
Book Club Kits, Books (Adult & YA), Books (New), CD-Books, CDs (Spoken Non-Fiction), DVDs, Blu-Rays, Non-Feature DVDs | $0.25 per day |
$5.00 |
| Books (Juvenile), CDs (Music), Magazines | $0.25 per day | $3.00 | |
| One Week Watches, Express Reads, Playaways, Playaway Views, Playaway Launchpads, Story Time Together Bags, Mobile HotSpots | $1.00 per day |
$5.00 | |
| Repair of damaged materials | $5.00 |
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| Replacement of lost or damaged items | List Price |
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| Fine/Fee Threshold |
Borrowing privileges are suspended for accounts which have accumulated a total of $15.00 in fines and fees, including bills for replacement of lost or damaged material | ||
| Prints & Copies |
Black & white photo copies & prints |
$0.20 per page | |
| Color photo copies & prints |
$1.00 per page |
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| Auditorium Rental (not available at this time) |
For-Profit | 3 hours @ $175.00 | 5 hours @ $250.00 |
| Non-Profit Proof of either 501 (c) (30) certificate or State of MI non-profit Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws |
3 hours or less: $75.00 | 3 - 5 hours: $125.00 |
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| Books Bags |
ROPL Book bags made of recycled material. Sold by the Friends of the Royal Oak Public Library | $4.00 each/ 3 for $10.00 |
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| Library Card |
Resident (Full access) |
Free to residents |
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| Non-Resident (Full access to ROPL services; not to other TLN libraries) |
$100.00 | ||
| Card replacement |
$1.00 | ||
| Inter-Library Loan | The Library Network | Free | |
| MelCat (ROPL card holders) | Free to residents | ||
| Miscellaneous | USB Flash drives |
$2.00 |
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| Headphones or earbuds |
$2.00 | ||
| Fax first page | $1.75 | $1.00 thereafter | |
| International fax first page | $3.95 | $3.45 thereafter | |
| Local History and Obituary Requests/Reference Requests by Mail | Up to 5 pages mailed, faxed, or emailed |
$5.00 | |
| Additional pages |
$0.50 per page |