Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1169. Section 1169.
Instruments entitled to be recorded must be recorded by the County Recorder of the county in which the real property affected thereby is situated.
ARTICLE 2. Mode of Recording [1169. - 1173.]
Cal. Civil Code - CIV 2.
in effectCal. Civil Code - CIV § [1170.] Section [1170.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Seventy. An instrument is deemed to be recorded when, being duly acknowledged or proved and certified, it is deposited in the Recorder’s office, with the proper officer, for record.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1171. Section 1171.
Grants, absolute in terms, are to be recorded in one set of books, and mortgages in another.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1172. Section 1172.
The duties of county recorders, in respect to recording instruments, are prescribed by the Government Code.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1173. Section 1173.
The mode of recording transfers of ships registered under the laws of the United States is regulated by Acts of Congress.
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