Section 7-617. Searches

a. The register, upon request, and upon payment of,
  or offer to pay, the fees allowed by law, shall  diligently  search  the
  files,  papers, records and dockets in the register's office, and either
  make one or more transcripts therefrom, and certify to  the  correctness
  thereof,  and  to  the  search,  or certify that a document or paper, of
  which the custody legally belongs to the register cannot  be  found.  It
  shall  be  the duty of the register to cause any and every written order
  or requisition directing a search to be made to be executed and complied
  with without delay. The  city  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  and
  injuries   resulting  from  errors,  inaccuracies  or  mistakes  in  the
  register's return so certified by the register.
    b. The register shall in all cases charge and collect for such search,
  in addition to the  fees  prescribed  in  this  chapter,  an  additional
  guaranty  charge  of  two dollars which charge shall be accounted for by
  the register as other fees collected by the register.