image conforms to all other applicable statutes that prescribe recordability, except the requirement of original signatures in subdivision (b) of Section 27201.

from the requester is in the best interest of the county and the public. Factors the county recorder shall consider include, but are not limited to, both of the following:

meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.

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 an entity, agency, branch, or instrumentality of the state or federal government qualifying under either Section 27279 of this code or Section 2106.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

which persons and entities should be authorized to digitize and record documents electronically after January 1, 2000, in order to limit real property fraud, forgery, and consumer risks associated with electronic recordation and provide a cost benefit to the county.

Tax Board, Fannie Mae, the United States Internal Revenue Service, trustees, mortgage bankers, financial institutions, and the title insurance and real estate industries.

Taxation Code. The change in ownership statement shall not be recorded nor open and available to public inspection and shall at all times remain confidential, except as provided in Section 408 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

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 therein before acceptance by the county recorder. The names of all persons executing or witnessing a document shall be legibly signed or shall be typed or printed to the side of or below the signature. The absence or neglect to legibly sign, type, or print the names shall not affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording.

agreement to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.

of trust or other security or regulatory document recorded by or on behalf of a state agency pursuant to a program or activity of the agency authorized by statute or regulation.

particularly describes the real property restricted and which refers by page and book number to a separately recorded document in which the restriction is set forth in full.

claim.

a lien for postponed property taxes as authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 16180) of Part 1 of Division 4 of Title 2.

copy of a satisfaction of judgment.

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 acknowledgment, or other proof, has the same force and effect for all purposes as if the notices had been duly acknowledged or proved and certified as required by law.

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.

The following documents may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof:

or decisions of the Department of the Interior or of any duly authorized officer or employee thereof approving assignments or surrenders of such leases or encumbrances thereon or canceling any such leases, certified by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, or by any duly authorized officer or employee having the custody of such letters of decisions.

When a copy of any document so certified is recorded, the record has the same force

and effect as though it were the record of the original document.

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 claiming title thereunder may cause a transcript of the copy of such letters patent kept by the government issuing them, duly certified by the officer or individual having lawful custody of the copy, to be recorded in lieu of the original, and the recorded copy has prima facie the same force and effect as the original for title or for evidence, until the original letters patent are recorded.

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 mortgage or deed of trust as provided in Section 2952 or 2963 of the Civil Code, or is a fictitious oil and gas lease as provided in Section 1219 of the Civil Code, or is a claim of lien under Section 8416 of the Civil Code or a notice of completion under Section 8182 or 9204 of the Civil Code, before an instrument can be recorded its execution shall be acknowledged by the person executing it, or if executed by a corporation, by its president or secretary or other person executing it on behalf of the corporation, or, except for any power of attorney, quitclaim deed, grant deed, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or other document affecting real property, proved by subscribing witness or as provided in Sections 1198 and 1199 of the Civil Code, and the acknowledgment or proof certified as prescribed by law. This section shall not apply to a trustee’s deed resulting from a decree of foreclosure, or a nonjudicial foreclosure pursuant to Section 2924 of the Civil Code, or to a deed of reconveyance.

If the instrument is an agreement for sale, lease, option agreement, deposit receipt, commission receipt, or affidavit which quotes or refers to an agreement for sale, lease, option agreement, deposit receipt, commission receipt, or lease and such instrument claims to, or affects any interest in real property, it shall be executed and acknowledged or proved as provided in Section 27287 by the party who appears by the instrument to be the party whose real property is affected or alienated thereby.

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 information in addition to any information as may be required by law pertaining to the particular document:

pursuant to Section 5248 of the Streets and Highways Code, shall show the name or names of the assessed owners as they appear on the latest secured assessment roll.

No document subject

to this section shall be recorded or indexed in the official records of a county unless it contains the information required by this section as well as any additional information

required by law pertaining to the particular document, but the recorder may rely upon the information contained in, or appended to, the document being offered for record. The failure of any document to include all of the names required by this section shall not affect the constructive notice which would otherwise be afforded by the recording of the document. This section shall not apply to a vacation or abandonment by a public agency of a public highway or road.

Pursuant to Section 5029 of the Public Resources Code, after March 15, 1993, the county recorder shall record a certified resolution establishing an historical resources designation issued by the State Historical Resources Commission or a local agency, or unit thereof. For previously designated properties, the county may record the certified resolution establishing the historical resources designation upon submission.

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.

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 same time deposited therein to remain for public inspection. In those counties where the photographic or microphotographic method of recording is employed, the original instrument, after recording, shall be delivered to the party leaving it for record at his last known address or upon his order.

registered with the American Translators Association. The translation shall be accompanied by a notarized declaration by the interpreter or translator that the translation is true and accurate, and includes the certification, qualification, or registration of the interpreter or translator. The clerk shall consult an Internet Web site maintained by the Judicial Council or the American Translators Association in verifying the certification, qualification, or registration of the interpreter or translator.

the translation, and attach the certified translation to the original instrument, paper, or notice.

where a photostatic or photographic method of recording is employed, the

whole instrument, paper, or notice including the foreign language and the translation, may be recorded, and the original instrument, paper, or notice returned to the party leaving it for record or upon his or her order.

forth in state or federal law.

In all cases the recorder shall endorse the amount of the fee for recordation on the instrument, paper, or notice recorded.

Where real property acquired by a municipality or a redevelopment agency is to be transferred in accordance with an official redevelopment plan any contract for such transfer and the official redevelopment plan (or such part or parts of such contract or plan as the municipality or agency may determine) may be recorded pursuant to this chapter.

report form shall be substantially as follows:

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 such property, is an instrument affecting the title to or possession of such property.

person or persons or attorney of record by mail of the recordation.

mailing occurs, the fact that he or she is over the age of 18 years, the date and place of deposit in the mail, the name and address of the person served as shown on the envelope, and the fact that the envelope was sealed and deposited in the mail, with the postage thereon fully prepaid, and sent by registered or certified mail.

documents relating to an involuntary lien in favor of the federal government pursuant to federal law or statute or to the recordation of any state tax lien against real property.

encourages the county recorder to continue taking the action formerly mandated by this section. However, nothing in this subdivision may be construed to impose any liability on a local agency that does not continue to take the formerly mandated action.

executing the document. The notification shall be sent to the address for mailing tax bills that was established prior to the recording of the document.

assessor’s identification number or numbers that fully contain all, or a portion of, the real property described in the legal description. If the description contains more than one assessor’s parcel, all assessor’s parcels shall be indicated. If assessor’s identification numbers are required, they shall be listed on the first page of the document. The recorder may rely on the assessor’s identification numbers as indicated on the document. The form of the entry shall be substantially as follows:

Assessor’s Identification Number __-__-__.

by competitive bid. The county recorder shall solicit written bids for the contract in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and all bids received shall be publicly opened and the contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. If the county recorder or their designee deems the acceptance of the lowest responsible bid is not in the best interest of the county, all bids may be rejected.

costs of services of the county to provide a recorder notification program and to comply with this section. This fee shall not be charged until at least 120 days following the establishment of the fee and public notification of the fee and the effective date.