Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Any instrument, paper, or notice filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county where it is entitled to record and that is copied into a book of record other than that designated by law, but that is thereafter indexed in the proper book of indices, imparts no…

Any instrument which is filed for record with the recorder as a deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or chattel mortgage, or which is copied into any book of deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, or chattel mortgages need not be again filed for record or recorded in such office as a differ…

(a) If any record of an instrument, paper, or notice is lost, injured, or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the recorder shall record any instrument, paper, or notice of writing entitled to record pursuant to this chapter that: (1) Has been previously recorded …

On or before January 1, 1968, notices of liens for internal revenue taxes payable to the United States and certificates of release, discharge, subordination or nonattachment of such liens shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the property …

An order affecting title to or possession of real property issued by a court in an action subject to Section 12527 may be recorded in any of the indices described in Section 27232, 27233, 27248, 27249, 27250, or 27257. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 445, Sec. 4.)

All conveyances of real estate, except patents issued by the State as a party, made by any public officer pursuant to law, when recorded shall be alphabetically indexed in the “Index of Grantors,” both in the name of the officer making the sale, and in the name of the person owni…

If the name of the person in whom title to real estate is vested is changed from any cause, the recorder shall alphabetically index the conveyance in the “Index of Grantors,” both in the name by which title was acquired and the name by which it is conveyed. (Added by Stats. 1947,…

In the recording of instruments of writing required or authorized by law to be recorded, the clerk, recorder, or other officer whose duty it is to make the record, shall, if the instruments have affixed to them any stamp purporting to be in accordance with any law of the United S…

County recorders shall accept form books or blanks from any incorporated water users’ association organized to secure the benefits of an act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, known as the “Reclamation Act,” to be used for the purpose of recording the following: (a) Agreements w…

(a) If any military veteran or any person authorized to receive a certified copy of a record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6107 requests the recordation in any county in this state of any military discharge document, including a veteran’s service form DD…

A deed, instrument, or other document related to a conveyance that is subject to Section 8560 of the Public Resources Code shall not be recorded without a certificate from the State Lands Commission. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 51, Sec. 9. (SB 854) Effective June 27, 2018.)

If it appears to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors that the county is justly indebted to any person for money received into the treasury of the county and used by the county, for an indebtedness which at the time of its creation was not authorized by law, it shall by o…

The board shall publish a notice calling an election, submitting to the voters of the county the question whether the bonds shall be issued. The notice shall state the amount of bonds and the purpose for which they are to be issued. The notice shall be published and the election …

If two-thirds of all the voters voting at the election vote in favor of issuing the bonds, the board shall issue bonds in the sum stated in the notice of election, and payable to the creditors named in the ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The bonds shall bear interest at the rate of 5 percent a year and be payable at the time as the board orders, not exceeding 20 years from date of issuance. The bonds shall be signed by the chair of the board of supervisors and the clerk of the board of supervisors. (Amended by St…

Each year the board shall levy a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and the principal as it becomes due. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The legislative body may determine and provide in the resolution for: (a) The number of series in which the bonds are to be issued. (b) The date the bonds are to bear. (c) The maturity dates of the bonds, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates. (Added by Stats. 194…

If the legislative body divides any issue of bonds into series, it may prescribe, and state in the resolution, different dates for the bonds of each series. The maximum maturity date of each series shall be calculated from the date on the face of each bond separately. (Added by S…

The legislative body may determine and provide in the resolution for: (a) The issuance of any bonds or a series in the form of serial bonds or sinking fund bonds with serial or term maturities. (b) The interest of the bonds either fixed or variable, the rate or rates, payable at …

Any premium payable on the bonds shall be in the amount or amounts specified by the legislative body. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1130, Sec. 6.)

The bonds are not subject to call or redemption prior to their fixed maturity date unless the right to exercise a call is expressly stated on the face of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The resolution may provide the terms and conditions upon which the bonds may be declared or become due and payable upon specified defaults. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The resolution may provide for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost bonds. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

By resolution, the legislative body may provide the manner for authenticating the bonds and other terms to be contained in the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim receipts or temporary bonds, exchangeable for definitive bonds may be issued in the form and with the provisions the legislative body determines. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

In the absence of an express recital on its face that the bond or interim receipt is nonnegotiable, the bond or interim receipt is a negotiable instrument. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the enterprise. (b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s …

Bonds bearing the signature of officers of the local agency in office on the date of the signing are valid, notwithstanding that before delivery the persons signing have ceased to be officers. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The validity of the authorization and issuance of the bonds is not affected by proceedings for the acquisition, construction, or improving of the enterprise or by contracts in connection therewith. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Any resolution authorizing bonds may provide that the bonds may recite that it is issued pursuant to this chapter and bonds containing such recital are conclusively deemed valid and issued in conformity with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Reference on the face of the bonds to the resolution by its date of adoption incorporates the provisions of the resolution and of this chapter into the bonds and their coupons. (Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 369.)

Each taker and subsequent holder of the bonds and attached or detached coupons has recourse to all of the provisions of the resolution and of this chapter and is bound by their terms. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The legislative body may issue and sell the bonds in the manner it determines. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The legislative body may sell the bonds in installments at different times or as an entire series of bonds at one time. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The legislative body may sell the bonds at a price above or below par in a manner, at public or private sale, as it determines by resolution. If the legislative body decides to sell the bonds at private sale rather than public sale, the local agency shall send a written statement…

The sale price of all bonds sold shall include the interest accrued to the date of delivery of and payment for the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The bonds are special obligations of the local agency and are secured by a pledge of and shall be a charge upon, and shall be payable, as to the principal thereof, interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof, solely from and secured by a lien upon the gr…

By resolution the legislative body may pledge, place a charge upon, and assign all or any part of the gross revenues of the enterprise and of any and all funds referred to in Section 54478 for the security of the bonds. The gross revenues of the enterprise include revenues of imp…

The payment of interest on and principal of the bonds and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon the revenues of the enterprise and upon such other funds as shall be specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of th…

The revenues and any interest earned on the revenues and all other funds specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 526.)

So long as any bonds or interest thereon are unpaid the revenues and interest thereon shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in Sections 54425 and 54426. (Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 526.)

If the interest and principal of the bonds and all charges to protect or secure them are paid when due an amount for the necessary and reasonable maintenance and operation costs of the enterprise, which costs include the reasonable expenses of management, repair and other expense…

In its discretion the legislative body may provide in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds that, the principal, interest, and sums for other security funds shall be paid from the revenues prior to paying the maintenance and operation costs of the enterprise. (Am…

Bonds of the same issue shall be equally secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon the revenues of the enterprise and all other funds specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, without priority for number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of deliv…

The general fund of the local agency is not liable for the payment of the bonds or their interest. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The credit or taxing power of the local agency is not pledged for the payment of the bonds or their interest. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)