AB 679, as amended, 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 require any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation to state the number of pages to be recorded.begin insert This bill would authorize the number of pages to be recorded to be stated on a cover page or a sticker, as specified, and would require the county recorder to verify that the number of pages to be recorded stated on the cover page or sticker match the number of pages presented for recordation.end insert
begin insertBy imposing new duties upon the county recorder, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
end insertbegin insertThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
end insertVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 27361.6 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) begin deleteNotwithstanding any other end deletebegin insertExcept as otherwise
4provided by end insertlaw or regulation, all documents submitted for
5recording shall have at least a 1⁄2-inch margin on the two vertical
6sides, except in the space reserved for recording information. At
7least the top 21⁄2 inches of the first page or sheet shall be reserved
8for recording information. The left-hand 31⁄2
inches of the space
9shall be used by the public to show the name of the person
10requesting recording and the name and address
to which the
11document is to be returned following recording. In the event the
12first page or sheet of a document does not comply with these
13requirements, a separate page shall be attached by the party
14requesting recording to the front of the document that meets these
15criteria and that reflects the title or titles of the document as
16required by Section 27324. Any printed form accepted for
17recordation that does not comply with this subdivision shall not
18affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording.
19(b) All instruments, papers, or notices presented for recordation
20shall be on a quality of paper and contain print of a size and color
21
that will reproduce legibly by microphotographic or imaging
22processes as set forth in Sections 26205.5 and 27322.2.
23(c) Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation
24that in any way modifies, releases, or cancels the provisions of a
25previously recorded document shall state the recorder identification
26number or book and page of the document number being modified,
27released, or canceled.
28(d) (1) Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for
29recordation shall state the number of pages to be recorded.
P3 1(2) begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insert The number of pages to be recorded may be stated on
2a cover page or a sticker on the first page of the instrument, paper,
3or notice.
4(B) The county recorder shall verify that the number of pages
5to be recorded stated on the cover page or sticker match the
6number of pages presented for recordation.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
8Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
9a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
10charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
11level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
1217556 of the Government Code.
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