{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1218","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1218","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers [1169. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof [1213. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1913, Ch. 191.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A certified copy of an instrument affecting the title to real property, once recorded, or a certified copy of the record of such instrument may be recorded in any other county, and, when so recorded, the record thereof has the same force and effect as though it was of the original instrument.</p>","text":"A certified copy of an instrument affecting the title to real property, once recorded, or a certified copy of the record of such instrument may be recorded in any other county, and, when so recorded, the record thereof has the same force and effect as though it was of the original instrument.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/effect-of-recording-or-the-want-thereof-1218","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}