that relates to real property to be recorded on the basis of its lack of legal sufficiency.

(B) “Photographically reproducible,” for purposes of this division, means all instruments, papers, or notices that comply with standards as recommended by the American National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image Management for recording of records.

entry within 30 business days of receiving the request.

continue to be valid until the agency notifies the county recorder that the facsimile signature has been revoked.

(A) The instrument, paper, or notice is otherwise exempted by Section 27287 or any other law.

(B) The instrument, paper, or notice is presented solely to correct a recording sequence. The intent of the parties with regard to the priority of recorded documents shall be controlling regardless of the sequence of recording by a county recorder or the sequence of recording specified in instructions given by a submitter to a county recorder. This

subparagraph is declaratory of existing law, and any rerecording of documents to change the sequential numbers assigned to a document by the recorder shall not require the document to be executed and acknowledged or verified as a new document.

(C) (i) The instrument, paper, or notice is presented solely to make a minor correction with a corrective affidavit. The corrective affidavit shall satisfy all of the following:

(I) Be attached to the original recorded instrument, paper, or notice.

(II) Set out the information corrected.

(III) Be certified by the party submitting the affidavit under penalty of perjury.

(IV) Be acknowledged pursuant to Section 27287.

(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, “minor correction” includes any of the following:

(I) An incorrect or missing address of the party to which the instrument, paper, or notice is to be returned following recording pursuant to Section 27361.6.

(II) A clarification of illegible text pursuant to Section 27361.7.

(III) An incorrect or missing printed or typed name of an individual or entity near the signature pursuant to Section 27280.5.

(IV) An incorrect or missing documentary transfer tax amount due pursuant to Section 11932 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

cover sheet that complies with Section 27361.6 and shall state the reason for rerecording on the cover sheet.

public and accompanied by a jurat attached thereto pursuant to Section 8202. The certification shall be in substantially the following form:

Certification of a Printed Copy of an Electronic Record

I hereby certify that the attached instrument entitled document title, if applicable, dated document date, and containing page count pages is an accurate reproduction of an electronic record printed by me or under

my supervision. At the time of printing, I had access to the electronic record displaying intact tamper-evident security procedures. No security procedures used on the electronic record indicated any changes or errors in an electronic signature or other information in the electronic record after the completion of the electronic record’s creation, execution, or notarization.

I am not a grantee, beneficiary, or otherwise a person who directly benefits from the attached instrument or electronic record.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the

foregoing paragraphs are true and correct.

Dated: ______

Name: ______

Signature: ______

record,” “electronic signature,” and “security procedure” have the same meaning as in Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code, and “disinterested custodian” means a person who has access to an electronic record displaying intact tamper-evident security procedures and who is not the grantee, beneficiary, or otherwise a person who directly benefits from the electronic record.

acknowledgment.

Upon the request of any officer of the United States, the county recorder shall record instruments to which the United States is a party without payment of the recording fee in advance and shall execute the proper government voucher for payment. Upon payment, the fee shall be transmitted to the Treasurer with the recorder’s first settlement after the collection.

Any recorder to whom an instrument proved or acknowledged according to law or any paper or notice which may by law be recorded is delivered for record is liable to the party aggrieved for the amount of the damages occasioned thereby, if he or she commits any of the following acts:

any person presenting a document the recorder determines to be an unrecordable document, a form stating that the person has the right to judicial review in a court of competent jurisdiction of the recorder’s refusal to record the document. The form shall include a section stating the recorder’s reason for refusing the document. The form shall provide notice that it is a public offense to further attempt to record the document without an order of the court as provided by Section 27204. The recorder shall keep a correct copy of the refused document. In the event the document is determined by the court to be a recordable document, the recorder shall pay the filing fees for the review, and shall record the document within a reasonable time.

If the recorder willfully and maliciously commits any of the acts described in Section 27203 or derives a personal financial benefit from committing any of those acts, the recorder is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of damages occasioned thereby.

Any person who receives a form from the recorder pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 27203, stating that the proffered document is unrecordable, and who subsequently attempts to record the document without an order from the court requiring recordation of that document, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine, or of an infraction punishable pursuant to Section 19.8 of the Penal Code.

After two years from the date of filing in the recorder’s office of notice of completion of any building or improvement, the contract, plans, specifications and bond under which the work or improvement was performed may be returned by the recorder to the person filing them, unless the recorder has been notified in writing to retain them by someone claiming some interest under the contract or in the property affected. After five years from the date of filing in the recorder’s office of any contract, plans, and specifications of any building or improvement, the recorder may destroy the contract, plans, specifications, and bond relating thereto if they have not been delivered

as provided in this section, unless he has been notified in writing to retain them by someone claiming some interest under the contract or in the property affected.

The county recorder may destroy federal tax liens together with any release of said liens eight years after the lien was filed in his office; provided, a microfilm copy of each unreleased tax lien has been made and certified in the manner provided for in Section 1551 of the Evidence Code. All film used in the microphotography process shall comply with the minimum standards of quality approved by the United States Bureau of Standards. The original copy of the microfilm shall be kept in a safe and separate place for security purposes.

At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or records books created under the Land Title Law (an initiative measure adopted by the electors November 3, 1914, and repealed effective May 1, 1955) after compliance with all the conditions in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 26205.5 of the Government Code.

If a paper or document has been microfilmed, the county recorder may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to him or her more than one year previously, unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period or unless the recorder determines that there is a need for its retention. In determining where there is a need for retaining a paper or document, consideration shall be given to factors, including, but not limited to, future public need, the effect of statutes of limitation, and historical significance.

The county recorder may use a printed, stamped, photographically reproduced facsimile, electronic, or otherwise digitally created signature in certifying to a record in the recorder’s office provided that the certification has the seal of the

recorder’s office affixed thereto.

The seal may be applied manually, mechanically, electronically, or by other digital means.

The seal shall: