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Library Fee Policy

Summary

Live outside San Antonio city limits? Get ready to pay for your library card, because the city is ending free access for non-residents right away with no grace period.

At a glance

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Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

Non-city residents will now have to shell out cash for a library card that used to be 100% free.

✅Who benefits

San Antonio city taxpayers, who won't be footing the bill for county residents' library use anymore.

⚠️Who could be affected

County residents living outside city limits who rely on the library but now have to pay up.

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KENS 5Oct 11, 2026

Live outside San Antonio? Library users are getting notices about $30 fee taking effect this month

Library officials began notifying non-city residents about the change in late September, with some receiving letters in the mail in October.

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