BILL NUMBER: AB 679AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015 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 amended, 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.This bill would require any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation to state the number of pages to be recorded. 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. (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, 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 that meets these criteria and 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 this subdivision shall not affect the notice otherwise imparted by recording. (b) All instruments, papers, or notices presented for recordation shall be on a quality of paper and contain print of a size and color that will reproduce legibly by microphotographic or imaging processes as set forth in Sections 26205.5 and 27322.2. (c) Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation 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. (d) Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation shall state the number of pages to be recorded.