A. Every recorder shall keep indices to the instruments that have been recorded. There shall be at least one entry in the indices for each instrument recorded and this entry shall show at least the date of recording, the docket and page number where recorded, the grantor or the equivalent, if any, and the grantee or the equivalent, if any.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 11-462

  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Grantee: includes every person to whom an estate or interest in real property passes, in or by a deed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Grantor: includes every person from or by whom an estate or interest in real property passes, in or by a deed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

B. The recorder may elect to keep some or all of the indices by categories according to the type of instrument. In this case, he must establish at least the following categories in which each instrument shall be indexed both by the grantor or the equivalent and by the grantee or the equivalent: conveyances of real property, mortgages, releases of mortgages, miscellaneous, leases, secured transactions, assignments of mortgages and leases, governmental liens, nongovernmental liens, attachments, judgments, and agreements. In addition the recorder, under this option, shall maintain at least the following additional categories: powers of attorney, official bonds, executions, lis pendens, mine location notices and partnerships.

C. The recorder may elect to keep some or all of the indices by grantor and by grantee. In this case, the entry in the indices for each instrument shall also include a description or code indicating the type of instrument recorded.

D. No other provisions of law shall prevent a recorder from indexing as specified in this section.

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