ARTICLE 3. Documents to be Recorded

Article 3 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 27279–27297.7 · 30 sections

§ 27279 (a) “Instrument,” as used in this chapter, means a written paper signed by a person or persons transferring the title to, or giving a lien on real property, or…
§ 27279.1 (a) The recorders of San Bernardino County and Orange County may accept, in lieu of a written paper document, a digitized image of a recordable instrument if…
§ 27279.2 For purposes of Section 27279.1, the requester and addressee for delivery of a recorded image may record a digitized image of a recordable instrument if it is…
§ 27279.3 (a) A requester and addressee for delivery of a recorded image may record a digitized image of a recordable instrument if the requester meets the conditions…
§ 27279.4 (a) The California Attorney General shall appoint an Electronic Recordation Task Force consisting of voluntary representatives from governmental agencies and…
§ 27280 (a) Any instrument or judgment affecting the title to or possession of real property may be recorded pursuant to this chapter. (b) Any instrument or document…
§ 27280.5 The names of parties required to be indexed appearing in any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation shall be legibly signed, typed, or printed…
§ 27280.6 (a) It is unlawful to present for recording or filing, or otherwise attempt to record or file, with a county recorder an exclusive listing agreement of any…
§ 27281 (a) Deeds or grants conveying any interest in or easement upon real estate to a political corporation or governmental agency for public purposes shall not be…
§ 27281.5 (a) Any restriction imposed upon real property on or after January 1, 1982, which restricts either the ability of the owner of real property to convey the real…
§ 27282 (a) The following documents may be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, or further proof: (1) A judgment affecting the title to or…
§ 27283 The record of all notices of location of mining claims made prior to March 9, 1897 in the proper office without acknowledgment, or certificate of…
§ 27284 Affidavits showing work or posting of notices upon mining claims may be recorded in the recorder’s office of the county where the mining claims are situated.
§ 27285 The following documents may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof: (a) Letters patent from the United States or from the state, executed and…
§ 27286 If letters patent have been lost or are beyond the control of any party deraigning title from them, or if for any reason they remain unrecorded, any person…
§ 27287 Unless it belongs to the class provided for in either Sections 27282 to 27286, inclusive, or Section 1202 or 1203, of the Civil Code, or is a fictitious…
§ 27288 If the instrument is an agreement for sale, lease, option agreement, deposit receipt, commission receipt, or affidavit which quotes or refers to an agreement…
§ 27288.1 All documents described in this section now or hereafter authorized by law to be recorded in the official records of a county shall contain the following…
§ 27288.2 Pursuant to Section 5029 of the Public Resources Code, after March 15, 1993, the county recorder shall record a certified resolution establishing an historical…
§ 27289 Whenever a notice is required by law to be recorded for any purpose, it shall be signed by the person giving notice or his agent.
§ 27290 An instrument proved and certified pursuant to Sections 1198 and 1199 of the Civil Code may be recorded in the proper office only if the original is at the…
§ 27291 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 9 of the Commercial Code or any other provision of law, a financing…
§ 27293 (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if an instrument, paper, or notice intended for record is executed or certified in whole or in part in…
§ 27294 In all cases the recorder shall endorse the amount of the fee for recordation on the instrument, paper, or notice recorded.
§ 27295 Where real property acquired by a municipality or a redevelopment agency is to be transferred in accordance with an official redevelopment plan any contract…
§ 27296 (a) The county recorder in each county shall complete a yearly statistical report of documents, including electronically transmitted documents, recorded and…
§ 27297 For purposes of this article, a certificate describing real property and any lien thereon claimed pursuant to law for the costs of abatement of a nuisance upon…
§ 27297.5 (a) Upon recordation of an abstract of judgment or other document creating an involuntary lien affecting the title to real property, unless the county recorder…
§ 27297.6 (a) (1) Following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles County Recorder, or a designee or…
§ 27297.7 (a) On or before January 1, 2027, each county within the state shall establish a recorder notification program, in accordance with this section, and the board…