(1) A county clerk may not record matter accompanying a short form instrument presented for recording if the matter:

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(a) Purports to be copied or reproduced from a master form instrument recorded and identified as required by ORS § 93.780;

(b) Is preceded by the words ‘do not record’ or ‘not to be recorded’; and

(c) Is separated from the short form instrument so that it will not appear on a photographic reproduction of any page containing a part of the short form instrument.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a county clerk is not liable for refusing to record matter the county clerk is prohibited by this section from recording. [1969 c.583 § 4; 2012 c.6 § 5]