CaliforniaCounty recorders: notification.
What it does
Existing law establishes the office of county recorder and requires the county recorder to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required to be recorded, subject to the collection of specified fees. Existing law requires the county recorder to maintain various indices of specified documents and records.
More detail
Existing law authorizes the county recorder, following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the board of supervisors, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust, to notify by mail the party or parties executing the document. Existing law authorizes the recorder to require, as a condition of recording, that a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust indicate the assessor's identification number or numbers that fully contain the real property described in the legal description, in accordance with a specified format. Existing law also authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder, until January 1, 2030, and subject to authorization by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, to provide notice by mail to the party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property within a prescribed timeframe following recordation.
This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, each county within the state to establish a recorder notification program and the board of supervisors of each county to adopt an authorizing resolution for these purposes. Pursuant to the program and following the adoption of an authorizing resolution, the county recorder, or a designee authorized by the county board of supervisors, would be required, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust, to notify the parties executing the document by mail in accordance with certain procedures. The bill would also authorize the county recorder, in addition to the mailed notice, to establish an electronic notification program. The bill would create an exemption from these requirements for the recordation of certain documents where a state or local government is the grantee. The bill would also authorize the county recorder to collect a fee from the party filing the deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs of services of the county to comply with these provisions. The bill would create an exception from these requirements for the above-described notification program for the County of Los Angeles. By imposing new duties on county officials and employees, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Oct 6Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 6Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Special Consent. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Sep 3In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Sep 2Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to the Senate.Major
- Vote recorded SB 255 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 27Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 27Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.Major
- Aug 19In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- Aug 18Ordered to the Assembly.
- Jul 17In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 255 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 17Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 10Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jul 9From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- May 29Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.Minor
- May 8In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 6Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 5From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 3From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 2
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Mar 24Set for hearing April 2.
- Mar 13March 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 4Set for hearing March 19.
- Feb 14Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.Minor
- Feb 4From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- Feb 3Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced