California Government Code 27303 – When a public record version of an official record exists, both of …
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When a public record version of an official record exists, both of the following shall apply:
(a) Upon a request for inspection, copying, or any other public disclosure of an official record that is not exempt from disclosure, a county recorder shall make available only the public record version of that record.
Terms Used In California Government Code 27303
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Official record: means the permanent archival record of all instruments, papers, and notices as accepted for recording by a county recorder. See California Government Code 27300
- Public record: means a record that is in an electronic format and is an exact copy of an official record except that any social security number contained in the copied record is truncated. See California Government Code 27300
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(b) A county recorder shall publicly disclose an official record only in response to a subpoena or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 627, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)