SB 131

This bill changes the information that a county register of deeds must assign

to a document that is submitted for filing or recording. Under current law, certain

provisions of the statutes require a county register of deeds to assign to each

document a unique document number and a volume and page where the document

is located. The bill provides that a register of deeds may, but is not required to, assign

a volume and page number to each document. The bill also provides that the register

of deeds is only required to include volume and page number references in the index

of documents if the document is assigned a volume and page number.

The bill also eliminates certain penalties that apply to registrations of farm

names that are recorded in a county register of deeds office.

Finally, the bill provides that a condominium plat that is submitted to a county

register of deeds office for recording must contain a blank space at least three inches

by three inches in size in the upper right corner on the first sheet for recording use

by the register of deeds. Under current law, the recording space must be at least two

and five-tenths inches on each side.