A county clerk may release over the telephone any information requested from files that are open to public inspection within the county clerk's office. There may be a fee not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) for each individual phone request answered over the telephone. The provisions of this section shall also apply to any Uniform Commercial Code information requested. For the purposes of this act,¹ an “individual phone request answered,” is defined as the release by telephone of all information pertinent to any one individual. “Individual” includes husband and wife.