BILL NUMBER: AB 679	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 27361.6 of the Government Code, relating
to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 679, as introduced, Travis Allen. Documents: recordation.
   Existing law requires the recorder of each county, upon payment of
proper fees and taxes, to accept for recordation any instrument,
paper, or notice that is authorized or required by law to be
recorded. Existing law requires those documents to comply with
specified standards respecting margins, quality of paper, print size
and color, and other related matters.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
requiring the documents to comply with specified standards.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 27361.6 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   27361.6.   Except as otherwise provided by  
(a)     Notwithstanding any other  law or
regulation, all documents submitted for recording shall have at least
a 1/2-inch margin on the two vertical  sides  
sides,  except in the space reserved for recording information.
At least the top 21/2 inches of the first page or sheet shall be
reserved for recording information. The left-hand 31/2 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   that 
meets these criteria and  which   that 
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   this subdivision 
shall not affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording. 

    All 
    (b)     All  instruments, papers, or
notices presented for recordation shall be on a quality of paper and
contain print of a size and color  which   that
 will reproduce legibly by microphotographic or imaging
processes as set forth in Sections 26205.5 and 27322.2. 
    Any 
    (c)     Any  instrument, paper, or
notice presented for recordation  which   that
 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.