California Government Code 27335 – In the recording of instruments of writing required or authorized by …
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 States, make a scroll in the margin of the record in the place of the stamp and enter upon the record within the scroll the amount in value of the stamp and the marks of cancellation.
A certified copy of the record so made is prima facie evidence of the original stamp, and that the stamp was affixed on the original instrument prior to filing the instrument for record in the manner and to the purport indicated on the record or certified copy.
Terms Used In California Government Code 27335
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Instrument: as used in this chapter , means a written paper signed by a person or persons transferring the title to, or giving a lien on real property, or giving a right to a debt or duty. See California Government Code 27279
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)