2010 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 11 - Counties
11-487.03 Recording of documents; definition

11-487.03. Recording of documents; definition

A. A county recorder:

1. Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with adopted standards.

2. May receive, index, store, archive and transmit electronic documents.

3. May provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.

4. Who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.

5. May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.

6. May convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents.

7. May accept electronically any fee that the county recorder is authorized to collect.

8. May agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees.

B. For the purposes of this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic.