California Assembly Bill AB679 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 679INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Travis Allen FEBRUARY 25, 2015 An act to amend Section 27361.6 of the Government Code, relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 679, as introduced, 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 make nonsubstantive changes to the provision requiring the documents to comply with specified standards. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 27361.6 of the Government Code is amended to read: 27361.6.  Except as otherwise provided by   (a)     Notwithstanding any other  law or regulation, all documents submitted for recording shall have at least a 1/2-inch margin on the two vertical  sides   sides,  except in the space reserved for recording information. At least the top 21/2 inches of the first page or sheet shall be reserved for recording information. The left-hand 31/2 inches of the space shall be used by the public to show the name of the person requesting recording and the name and address to which the document is to be returned following recording. In the event the first page or sheet of a document does not comply with these requirements, a separate page shall be attached by the party requesting recording to the front of the document  which   that  meets these criteria and  which   that  reflects the title or titles of the document as required by Section 27324. Any printed form accepted for recordation that does not comply with  the foregoing   this subdivision  shall not affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording.  All   (b)     All  instruments, papers, or notices presented for recordation shall be on a quality of paper and contain print of a size and color  which   that  will reproduce legibly by microphotographic or imaging processes as set forth in Sections 26205.5 and 27322.2.  Any   (c)     Any  instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation  which   that  in any way modifies, releases, or cancels the provisions of a previously recorded document shall state the recorder identification number or book and page of the document number being modified, released, or canceled.