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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3 - Documents to be Recorded › Section 27297.7.

27297.7. (a) Following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the board of supervisors, the county recorder may, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust, notify by mail the party or parties executing the document. The recorder may require, as a condition of recording, that a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust indicate the assessor’s identification number or numbers that fully contain all, or a portion of, the real property described in the legal description. If the description contains more than one assessor’s parcel, all assessor’s parcels shall be indicated. The form of the entry shall be substantially as follows:
Assessor’s Identification Number __-__-__.
(b) This section shall not apply to the recordation of any document where the federal government, or state, county, city, or any subdivision of the state acquires title.
(c) The failure of the county recorder to provide the notice as permitted by this section shall not result in any liability against the recorder or the county. In the event that the notice is returned to the recorder by the postal service as undeliverable, the recorder is not required to retain the returned notice.
(d) Where the county recorder contracts with any party or parties for the performance of the processing or the mailing of the notice, or both, as authorized by this section, the contract shall be awarded by competitive bid. The county recorder shall solicit written bids for the contract in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and all bids received shall be publicly opened and the contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. If the county recorder or his or her designee deems the acceptance of the lowest responsible bid is not in the best interest of the county, all bids may be rejected.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 44, Sec. 1. (AB 2618) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27300.

27300. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Official record” means the permanent archival record of all instruments, papers, and notices as accepted for recording by a county recorder.
(b) “Public record” means a record that is in an electronic format and is an exact copy of an official record except that any social security number contained in the copied record is truncated. The public record shall have the same legal force and effect as the official record.
(c) “Truncate” means to redact the first five digits of a social security number.
(d) “Truncated social security number” means a social security number that displays only the last four digits of the number.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27301.

27301. (a) The county recorder of each county shall establish a social security number truncation program in order to create a public record version of each official record.
(1) The program shall include both of the following components, which the recorder shall implement concurrently:
(A) For each official record recorded between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 2008, the recorder shall create in an electronic format an exact copy of the record except that any social security number contained in the copied record shall be truncated. In order to create a public record copy, the recorder shall first truncate the social security numbers in all records that already exist in an electronic format and then create an electronic version of all other records and truncate social security numbers contained in those records. Each group of records shall be handled in descending chronological order.
(B) For each official record recorded on or after January 1, 2009, the recorder shall create a copy of that record in an electronic format and truncate any social security number contained in that record.
(2) The program may include a component for each official record recorded before January 1, 1980, pursuant to which the county recorder may create a copy of that record in an electronic format and truncate any social security number contained in that record.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict, delay, or modify access to any official record, or modify any existing agreements regarding access to any official record, prior to the creation and availability of a public record version of that official record. A county recorder shall not charge any new fee or increase any existing fees in order to fund the social security number truncation program pursuant to this article, except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 27361.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), a county recorder shall not be required to create a public record version of an official record if the fee authorized in Section 27304 is determined by the recorder to be insufficient to meet the cost of creating the public record version. In that case, the county recorder shall determine whether the fee is sufficient to meet the cost of creating a public record version of only a fraction of the official records described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). If the fee is sufficient to meet the cost of creating a public record version of a fraction of the official records, the recorder shall be required to create a public record version of that fraction only.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 621, Sec. 1. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27302.

27302. (a) A county recorder shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of Section 27301 and shall not be liable for failure to truncate a social security number if he or she uses due diligence to locate social security numbers in official records and truncate social security numbers in the public record version of those official records. The use of an automated program with a high rate of accuracy shall be deemed to be due diligence.
(b) In the event that a county recorder fails to truncate a social security number contained in a public record, any person may request that the county recorder truncate the social security number contained in that record. Notwithstanding that a county recorder may be deemed to be in compliance with Section 27301 pursuant to subdivision (a), a county recorder that receives a request that identifies the exact location of an untruncated social security number within a specifically identified public record, shall truncate that number within 10 business days of receiving the request. The public record with the truncated social security number shall replace the record with the untruncated number.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27303.

27303. When a public record version of an official record exists, both of the following shall apply:
(a) Upon a request for inspection, copying, or any other public disclosure of an official record that is not exempt from disclosure, a county recorder shall make available only the public record version of that record.
(b) A county recorder shall publicly disclose an official record only in response to a subpoena or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27303.5.

27303.5. Notwithstanding Section 27303, a county recorder may provide a copy of a DD214 official record when requested by a person listed in subdivision (b) of Section 6107 and upon certification by that person that a full social security number is required to receive benefits and he or she is authorized to receive a copy as specified in that subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 382, Sec. 1.4. (SB 194) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27304.

27304. (a) Each county may use funds generated by fees authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 27361 to implement a social security number truncation program required by this article.
(b) No later than June 1, 2008, the county recorder of each county shall petition the board of supervisors in that county for the authority to levy the fee authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 27361.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that in the interest of enabling county recorders to act expeditiously to protect the privacy of Californians, counties be permitted to seek revenue anticipation loans or other outside funding sources for the implementation of a social security number truncation program to be secured by the anticipated revenue from the fee authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 27361.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27305.

27305. (a) To assist the Legislature in monitoring the progress of each county recorder’s social security number truncation program, the County Recorders Association of California, no later than January 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, shall submit to the chairpersons of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, and to the Office of Privacy Protection, or any successor agency, a report on the progress each county recorder has made in complying with this article.
(b) Upon the Office of Privacy Protection making a determination that all counties have completed the component of the program described in subdivision (a) of Section 27301, the report described in subdivision (a) of this section shall no longer be required.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 3.5 - Social Security Number Truncation Program › Section 27307.

27307. A county recorder is authorized to take all actions required by this article notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 27203 or any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27320.

27320. When any instrument, paper, or notice authorized by law to be recorded is deposited in the recorder’s office for record, the recorder shall endorse upon it in the order in which it is deposited, the year, month, day, hour, and minute of its reception, and the amount of fees for recording. The recorder shall record it without delay, together with the acknowledgements, proofs, certificates, and prior recording data written upon or annexed to it, with the plats, surveys, schedules, and other papers thereto annexed, and shall note on the record its identification number. Efforts shall be made to assign identification numbers sequentially, but an assignment of a nonsequential number may be made if not in violation of express recording instructions regarding a group of concurrently recorded instruments, papers, or notices and if, in the discretion of the county recorder, that assignment best serves the interest of expeditious recording.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 8. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27321.

27321. (a) The recorder shall endorse upon each instrument, paper, or notice the identification number or book and page where it is recorded, and shall thereafter mail it to the person named in the instrument, paper, or notice for return mail, or deliver it to the party presenting it for record.
(b) Where any recorded instrument, paper, or notice effectuating a change in ownership is not accompanied by a change in ownership statement, the recorder shall either include with the return of any recorded instrument, paper, or notice a change in ownership statement as provided in Section 480 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or specifically identify those recorded documents not accompanied by an ownership statement when providing the assessor with a copy of the transfer of ownership document pursuant to Section 255.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 9. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27321.5.

27321.5. Before acceptance for recording, in addition to the address required on each document for delivery by the recorder, all of the following shall apply:
(a) Every deed or instrument executed to convey fee title to real property shall have noted on the first page or sheet thereof the name and address to which future tax statements may be mailed.
(b) Every deed of trust or mortgage with power of sale upon real property, shall specify the address of the trustor or mortgagor, or if more than one, the address of any one of them, and shall contain a request by the trustor or mortgagor that a copy of any notice of default and a copy of any notice of sale thereunder shall be mailed to one trustor or mortgagor designated for the purpose of receiving such notice at the address so specified.
(c) The failure to note, pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), or any error in noting, any such name or address or request shall not affect the validity of the deed, instrument, deed of trust or mortgage or the notice otherwise imparted by recording. This section does not apply to the State Lands Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 269, Sec. 14. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27322.

27322. The recorder shall record by legible handwriting, by typewriting, or by photographic reproduction process, in well-bound books or by such other means as provided in this chapter, all instruments, papers and notices the recording of which is required or permitted by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27322.1.

27322.1. The words “file for record” when used as a directive in any law relating to any document to be filed in the recorders office shall be deemed to mean “record” in the manner provided for in Section 27322 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27322.2.

27322.2. A system of microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by any other technique that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document may be used by the recorder as a photographic reproduction process to record some or all instruments, papers, and notices that are required or permitted by law to be recorded or filed. All reproductions shall be made in compliance with Section 12168.7. A true copy of the document shall be kept in a safe and separate place that will reasonably assure its preservation for the duration of the retention prescribed by law against loss or destruction. A true copy of the document shall be arranged in a suitable place in the office of the recorder to facilitate public inspection.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27322.3.

27322.3. If the recorded instruments, papers, or notices or the record books in the office of the recorder have been microfilmed for preservation purposes, a type of record book may be used that will permit the removal of leaves in order that reproduction may be made in an efficient manner.
In order to microfilm or otherwise reproduce the record books for preservation purposes, permanently bound record books may be disassembled and after they have been copied the books shall be rebound in a type of record book that will permit the removal of leaves in order that reproduction may be made in an efficient manner.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 10. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27322.4.

27322.4. The county recorder may cause any or all files or records in his or her official custody to be microphotographed or otherwise reproduced pursuant to Section 27322.2 as in the case of original filings or recordings or both. Every reproduction shall be deemed and considered an original; and a transcript, exemplification or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 438, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27323.

27323. The recorder may segregate the instruments, papers, and notices and record them in separate books, or sheets or rolls of film under titles of indices provided for in Article 2 of this chapter.
In lieu thereof the recorder may record any or all of the instruments, papers, or notices in one general series of books or film to be called “official records.” The series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number one. The recording of instruments, papers, or notices in “official records” imparts notice in like manner and effect as if the instruments, papers, or notices were recorded in separate books or film.
If a system of microphotography is used to record any instruments, papers, or notices, each original roll of film thereof kept by the recorder shall be given a separate number, and shall be called a “book,” “film,” “reel,” or shall be similarly designated, and each page of the instrument, paper, or notice shall be called a “page,” “image” or similar designation. Whenever under any law it is required that an instrument, paper, or notice be identified or referred to as recorded in a book or page or both, it shall be sufficient for purposes of identification and of compliance with that law that reference be made to the instrument, paper, or notice by the designations adopted by the recorder pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 11. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27324.

27324. Each instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation shall have a title or titles indicating the kind or kinds of documents contained therein. The recorder shall be required to index only that title or titles captioned on the first page of a document immediately below the space reserved for the recorder. Additional titles may be identified and indexed at the discretion of the recorder.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 87, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1994, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 87.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27325.

27325. If any instrument, paper, or notice is presented and accepted for recordation or filing without a title or an endorsement indicating the manner of indexing, it shall be indexed as the recorder determines.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 56.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27326.

27326. The recorder shall file and record in the record of deeds, grants, and transfers, certified copies of final judgments or decrees partitioning or affecting the title or possession of real property, any part of which is situated in his county. From the time of filing with the recorder for record, the certified copy of the judgment or decree imparts notice to all persons of its contents, and any subsequent purchaser, mortgagee, and lien-holder purchases and takes with the same notice and effect as if the copy of the decree were a duly recorded deed, grant, or transfer.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27327.

27327. Any instrument, paper, or notice filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county where it is entitled to record and that is copied into a book of record other than that designated by law, but that is thereafter indexed in the proper book of indices, imparts notice of its contents to all persons from the date of indexing, and any subsequent purchaser, mortgagee, lien holder, and encumbrancer purchases and takes with the same notice and effect as if the instrument, paper, or notice were copied or recorded in the proper book of record.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 12. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27328.

27328. Any instrument which is filed for record with the recorder as a deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or chattel mortgage, or which is copied into any book of deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, or chattel mortgages need not be again filed for record or recorded in such office as a different instrument, but the recorder shall index the instrument in any of the indices kept in his office upon the request of the persons recording it and the payment to him of his legal fees for indexing. He shall note at the foot of the actual record where the instrument is transcribed all the indices in which it is indexed. From the date of such indexing, the instrument imparts notice of its contents to all persons, and any subsequent purchaser, mortgagee, lien-holder, and encumbrancer purchases and takes with the same notice and effect as if the instrument were copied or recorded in the proper book of records corresponding with the indices where indexed, notwithstanding the instrument is but once recorded or copied in the records of the recorder.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27329.

27329. (a) If any record of an instrument, paper, or notice is lost, injured, or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the recorder shall record any instrument, paper, or notice of writing entitled to record pursuant to this chapter that:
(1) Has been previously recorded in the recorder’s office.
(2) When it is presented to the recorder for record and is duly certified by the recorder of any other county of this state as being of record in the recorder’s office.
(b) In recording the instrument, paper, or notice the recorder shall record all certificates attached thereto and all endorsements thereon, and if any of the certificates or endorsements show the previous recording in the county where the instrument, paper, or notice or the certified copy of the instrument, paper, or notice is presented for record, the date appearing in the certificate or endorsement of the record shall be taken as the date of recording in the county, where the instrument, paper, or notice or the certified copy of the instrument, paper, or notice is presented for record. The record and certified copy, duly certified by the recorder under the seal of office, may be introduced in evidence with the same force and effect as the original record or certified copy of the original record.
(c) The recorder shall receive the same fees for services pursuant to this section as the recorder is entitled to receive for recording instruments, papers, or notices of like character.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 13. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27330.

27330. On or before January 1, 1968, notices of liens for internal revenue taxes payable to the United States and certificates of release, discharge, subordination or nonattachment of such liens shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the property subject to the lien is situated. On or after January 2, 1968, such notices and certificates shall be filed in the manner specified in Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 7 of Title 1 of this code.
Certificates of redemption issued by the United States pursuant to the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966 shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the property is situated.
Any of the documents referred to in this section and including a release of right of redemption issued by the United States may be filed or recorded without acknowledgment or further proof.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1068.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27331.

27331. An order affecting title to or possession of real property issued by a court in an action subject to Section 12527 may be recorded in any of the indices described in Section 27232, 27233, 27248, 27249, 27250, or 27257.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 445, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27333.

27333. All conveyances of real estate, except patents issued by the State as a party, made by any public officer pursuant to law, when recorded shall be alphabetically indexed in the “Index of Grantors,” both in the name of the officer making the sale, and in the name of the person owning the property so sold.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27334.

27334. If the name of the person in whom title to real estate is vested is changed from any cause, the recorder shall alphabetically index the conveyance in the “Index of Grantors,” both in the name by which title was acquired and the name by which it is conveyed.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27335.

27335. In the recording of instruments of writing required or authorized by law to be recorded, the clerk, recorder, or other officer whose duty it is to make the record, shall, if the instruments have affixed to them any stamp purporting to be in accordance with any law of the United States, make a scroll in the margin of the record in the place of the stamp and enter upon the record within the scroll the amount in value of the stamp and the marks of cancellation.
A certified copy of the record so made is prima facie evidence of the original stamp, and that the stamp was affixed on the original instrument prior to filing the instrument for record in the manner and to the purport indicated on the record or certified copy.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27336.

27336. County recorders shall accept form books or blanks from any incorporated water users’ association organized to secure the benefits of an act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, known as the “Reclamation Act,” to be used for the purpose of recording the following:
(a) Agreements with the United States, or with such water users’ association in connection with land affected by the projects provided for by the act.
(b) Subscription agreements or transfers of the capital stock of such water users’ associations.
(c) Other documents required to be recorded by such associations.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 954.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27337.

27337. (a) If any military veteran or any person authorized to receive a certified copy of a record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6107 requests the recordation in any county in this state of any military discharge document, including a veteran’s service form DD214, the county recorder shall record the document and maintain the document information in a nonpublic index.
(b) No copy of a recorded military discharge document may be issued except as provided by Section 6107.
(c) The index of a recorded veteran’s service form DD214, provided that it was recorded on or after January 1, 1980, shall be moved to a nonpublic index at the request of the military veteran or the person authorized to receive a certified copy of a record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6107.
(d) (1) Only the military veteran, or the person authorized to receive a certified copy of a record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6107, may receive a copy of the recorded document contained in the nonpublic index created pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c).
(2) Provided that the nonpublic index meets the minimum standards for protecting the confidentiality of veterans’ records specified in paragraph (1), the implementation and design of the nonpublic index shall otherwise be up to the discretion of the individual county recorder.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 399, Sec. 2. (AB 331) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 4 - Recording › Section 27338.

27338. A deed, instrument, or other document related to a conveyance that is subject to Section 8560 of the Public Resources Code shall not be recorded without a certificate from the State Lands Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 51, Sec. 9. (SB 854) Effective June 27, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27360.

27360. For services performed by the recorder’s office, the county recorder shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 269, Sec. 15. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27360.5.

27360.5. As used in this code, the word “folio” means 100 words. Each figure, character, symbol, and initial, excluding punctuation marks, shall be regarded as a word for the purpose of computing fees by a recorder.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 22.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.1.

27361.1. Whenever two or more instruments, papers, or notices are serially incorporated on one form or sheet, or are attached to one another, except as an exhibit marked as such, each instrument, paper, or notice shall be considered to be a separate instrument, paper, or notice for the purpose of computing the fee established by Section 27361 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 56.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.2.

27361.2. (a) Whenever any instrument, paper, or notice is recorded that contains references to more than one previously recorded document and requires additional indexing by the county recorder to give notice required by law, an additional fee of one dollar ($1) shall be charged for each reference to a previously recorded document, other than the first such reference, requiring additional indexing. References to group mining claims listed on a proof of labor shall be considered as only one reference when they are consecutively numbered or lettered alphabetically, and each break in consecutive numbers or letters shall be considered as an additional mine for fee purposes under this section and shall be so indexed in the index.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6103.8, the fee authorized by this section shall not be charged to those entities exempted from the payment of recording fees under Section 6103 or 27383.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 15. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.3.

27361.3. (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the law, the fee for recording every release of lien, encumbrance, or notice executed by the state, or any municipality, county, city, district, or other political subdivision shall be two times the fee charged to record the first page of a lien, encumbrance, or notice under subdivision (a) of Section 27361, on January 1 of the year the release is recorded if the original lien, encumbrance, or notice was recorded without fee as provided by Section 27383.
(b) No fee shall be charged for recording a release of lien, encumbrance, or notice which was recorded in error by the state, or any municipality, county, city, district, or other political subdivision if there is noted on the face of the release of lien, encumbrance, or notice a statement to that effect.
(c) Two dollars ($2) for recording each release of lien pursuant to this section shall be available solely to support, maintain, improve, and provide for the full operation for modernized creation, retention, and retrieval of information in each county’s system of recorded documents.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 329, Sec. 11. (SB 780) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.4.

27361.4. (a) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record for any of the following purposes:
(1) To defray the cost of converting the county recorder’s document storage system to micrographics and for restoration and preservation of the county recorder’s permanent archival microfilm.
(2) To implement and fund a county recorder archive program as determined by the county recorder.
(3) To implement and maintain or utilize a trusted system, as defined by Section 12168.7, for the permanent preservation of recorded document images.
(b) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (c), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee establishes the days of operation of the county recorder’s offices as every business day except for legal holidays and those holidays designated as judicial holidays pursuant to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (b), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee requires that the instrument, paper, or notice be indexed within two business days after the date of recordation.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6103.8, the fees authorized by this section shall not be charged to those entities exempted from the payment of recording fees under Section 6103 or 27383.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 41, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 16. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version amended by Sec. 17 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 77.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.4.

27361.4. (a) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record, in order to defray the cost of converting the county recorder’s document storage system to micrographics. Upon completion of the conversion and payment of the costs therefor, this additional fee shall no longer be imposed.
(b) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (c), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee establishes the days of operation of the county recorder’s offices as every business day except for legal holidays and those holidays designated as judicial holidays pursuant to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (b), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee requires that the instrument, paper, or notice be indexed within two business days after the date of recordation.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6103.8, the fees authorized by this section shall not be charged to those entities exempted from the payment of recording fees under Section 6103 or 27383.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 155) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 17. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021. Section operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.5.

27361.5. (a) As used in Section 27361, a page shall be one printed side of a single piece of paper being 8
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inches by 11 inches.
(b) A sheet shall be one printed side of a single piece of paper which is not exactly 8
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inches by 11 inches but not greater than 8
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inches by 14 inches.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 87, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1994, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 87.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.6.

27361.6. Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, all documents submitted for recording shall have at least a
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-inch margin on the two vertical sides except in the space reserved for recording information. At least the top 2
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inches of the first page or sheet shall be reserved for recording information. The left-hand 3
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inches of the space shall be used by the public to show the name of the person requesting recording and the name and address to which the document is to be returned following recording. In the event the first page or sheet of a document does not comply with these requirements, a separate page shall be attached by the party requesting recording to the front of the document which meets these criteria and which reflects the title or titles of the document as required by Section 27324. Any printed form accepted for recordation that does not comply with the foregoing shall not affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording.
All instruments, papers, or notices presented for recordation shall be on a quality of paper and contain print of a size and color which will reproduce legibly by microphotographic or imaging processes as set forth in Sections 26205.5 and 27322.2.
Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation which in any way modifies, releases, or cancels the provisions of a previously recorded document shall state the recorder identification number or book and page of the document number being modified, released, or canceled.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 87, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1994, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 87.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.7.

27361.7. Whenever the text of a document presented for record may be made out but is not sufficiently legible to reproduce a readable photographic record, the recorder may require the person presenting it for record to substitute a legible original document or to prepare a legible copy of the first document by handwriting or typewriting and attach the same to the original as a part of the document for making the permanent photographic record. The handwritten or typewritten legible copy shall be certified by the party creating the copy under penalty of perjury as being a true copy of the original. As used in this section, the word “text” includes the notary seal, certificates, and other appendages thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 187, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.8.

27361.8. (a) Whenever any instrument, paper, or notice is recorded that requires additional indexing by the county recorder to give notice required by law and does not refer to a previously recorded document by reference, as covered in Section 27361.2, an additional fee of one dollar ($1) shall be charged for each group of 10 names or fractional portion thereof after the initial group of 10 names.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6103.8, the fee authorized by this section shall not be charged to those entities exempted from the payment of recording fees under Section 6103 or 27383.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 18. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27361.9.

27361.9. The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee for filing every preliminary notice pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8214 of the Civil Code for the exclusive purpose of defraying the cost of implementing and maintaining a system to facilitate compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 8214 of the Civil Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 34. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27364.

27364. The fee for each certificate under seal shall be set by the board of supervisors in an amount necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs of providing the product or service or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee or charge is levied.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 710, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27365.

27365. The fee for any copy of a birth, death, or marriage certificate, when the copy is made by the recorder, is the same as is payable to a state or local registrar of vital statistics.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27366.

27366. The fee for any copy of any other record or paper on file in the office of the recorder, when the copy is made by the recorder, shall be set by the board of supervisors in an amount necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs of providing the product or service or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee or charge is levied.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 710, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27369.

27369. The fee for searching the records of his office for a birth, death, or marriage certificate is the same as is payable to a state or local registrar of vital statistics; in all other cases, for each year, fifty cents ($0.50).
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27371.

27371. The fee for recording each map or plat where it is copied in a book of record is ten cents ($0.10) for each course, plus ten cents ($0.10) a folio for letters and figures on the map or plat.
When recording is by a photographic method the fee for recording each map or plat shall be the same as provided for under Sections 27361 and 27361.5 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1865.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 6 - Recorder › ARTICLE 5 - Fees › Section 27372.

27372. The fee for recording or filing and indexing each map wherein land is subdivided in lots, tracts, or parcels is five dollars ($5) for the first page and two dollars ($2) for each additional page.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1865.)