17-71-401. Recording procedures -- Endorsements of entry number required on documents.
(1) When a document is accepted by the county recorder's office for recording, the county recorder shall: endorse upon the first page of the document the relevant information described in Section; and 17-71-302 record the document during office hours in the order it was accepted.
(2) A county recorder shall place an entry number or a book and page reference on each page of a document that the county recorder accepts for recording only if the original document or a copy of the document is kept as a public record under Section. 17-71-404
(3) A county recorder may endorse each document that the county recorder accepts for recording with a book and page reference. If a county recorder elects not to endorse a document with a book and page reference, the book and page reference may be omitted: in each index required by statute; and on each document presented for recording that is required to recite recording data.
(4) Subject to Section, the county recorder shall return the document to the person that the county recorder considers appropriate. 17-71-404