Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions

Added a new requirement that clerks must date each change or correction made to the general alphabetical index on the horizontal line where the change was made.

Added a new requirement that clerks must index plaintiff names immediately when a court decrees payment of money or costs, and clarified that no lien arises until the name is indexed.

Added a new requirement that clerks must include property identifiers from intake sheets in the index, prioritizing them in the order listed in existing law.

Added a new requirement that clerks must rely on the accompanying intake sheet for indexing grantor and grantee names.

Reorganized the recording charge penalty for non-conforming instruments from the beginning of the section to a new subsection (1), separating it from the formatting requirements.

Removed the original placement of the recording charge penalty and the plaintiff indexing requirement from their previous locations in the statute.

Added an effective date of October 1, 2026, for the new provisions.