(a) If any record of an instrument, paper, or notice is lost, injured, or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the recorder shall record any instrument, paper, or notice of writing entitled to record pursuant to this chapter that:
(1) Has been previously recorded in the recorder’s office.
(2) When it is presented to the recorder for record and is duly certified by the recorder of any other county of this state as being of record in the recorder’s office.
(b) In recording the instrument, paper, or notice the recorder shall record all certificates attached thereto and all endorsements thereon, and if any of the certificates or endorsements show the previous recording in the county where the instrument, paper, or notice or the certified copy of the instrument, paper, or notice is presented for record, the date appearing in the certificate or endorsement of the record shall be taken as the date of recording in the county, where the instrument, paper, or notice or the certified copy of the instrument, paper, or notice is presented for record. The record and certified copy, duly certified by the recorder under the seal of office, may be introduced in evidence with the same force and effect as the original record or certified copy of the original record.
(c) The recorder shall receive the same fees for services pursuant to this section as the recorder is entitled to receive for recording instruments, papers, or notices of like character.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 13. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)