Assembly Bill No. 126–Assemblymen Anderson, Bache, Gibbons, Beers, Berman, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Giunchigliani, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, Neighbors, Nolan, Smith and Von Tobel

 

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AN ACT relating to county recorders; making various changes concerning the information needed to record a document that includes a legal description of real property that is provided in metes and bounds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 111.312 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   111.312  1.  The county recorder shall not record with respect to real

 property, a notice of completion, a declaration of homestead, a lien or

 notice of lien, an affidavit of death, a mortgage or deed of trust, or any

 conveyance of real property or instrument in writing setting forth an

 agreement to convey real property unless the document being recorded

 contains:

   (a) The mailing address of the grantee or, if there is no grantee, the

 mailing address of the person who is requesting the recording of the

 document; and

   (b) The assessor’s parcel number of the property at the top of the first

 page of the document, if the county assessor has assigned a parcel number

 to the property. The county recorder is not required to verify that the

 assessor’s parcel number is correct.

   2.  The assessor’s parcel number shall not be deemed to be a complete

 legal description of the real property conveyed.

   3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a document that is

 being recorded includes a legal description of real property that is

 provided in metes and bounds, the document must include the name and

 mailing address of the person who prepared the legal description. The

 county recorder is not required to verify the accuracy of the name and

 mailing address of such a person.

   4.  If a document described in subsection 3 previously has been

 recorded, the document must include all information necessary to

 identify and locate the previous recording, but the name and mailing

 address of the person who prepared the legal description is not required

 for the document to be recorded. The county recorder is not required to

 verify the accuracy of the information concerning the previous

 recording.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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