County recorders must notify tax-bill addressees about property filings

County recorders must mail notice of certain recorded property documents to the person currently listed on the tax bill. This covers deeds, quitclaim deeds, mortgages, and deeds of trust recorded in a county. The notice is not required when a government body is the grantee. A county already operating a notification program under Section 27297.6 is exempt. Recorders may also offer electronic notices. Each county must establish a notification program by January 1, 2027. After the county board adopts an authorizing resolution, the recorder must mail notice within 30 days after recording.

Merced County supervisors may appoint a public administrator by ordinance. These options apply to Merced County's board of supervisors and county offices. The board may appoint one person as public administrator, veteran service officer, and public guardian. The board may separate the district attorney and public administrator offices to make appointments allowed by law.

A local body may combine a requested discussion about an advisory group's recommendations with a later review of its teleconference findings. This applies to eligible subsidiary bodies that serve only in an advisory role and cannot take final action on specified matters. The advisory group must be eligible to hold teleconference meetings under the specified rules. The local body must hold the requested discussion at a regular meeting. It may combine that discussion with its later review of teleconference findings. The six-month period applies to the later review with which the discussion may be combined.

Some local agencies may use qualifying letters of credit from out-of-state banks to secure pooled deposits. This applies to a county, city and county, or local agency that meets the pooling and asset requirements. The agency must pool money with other agencies and have at least $100 million in assets under management. The bank must be eligible, selected by the treasurer to safeguard the agency's money, and headquartered outside California. The letter must meet the terms in Section 53651.6.

A county board may set a $1 fee on recorded documents to help pay for a recorder archive program and permanent document storage. The fee may be charged for each instrument, paper, or notice filed for record in a county. The fee applies only if the county board authorizes it, and collected fees may be used only for these purposes. The fee must end once the conversion is complete and its costs are paid. Entities exempt from recording fees do not pay this fee. The fee must end after the conversion is complete and its costs are paid.