California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 4 — Transfer, Chapter 4 — Recording Transfers, Article 4 — Effect of Recording, or the Want Thereof, Section 1218

A certified copy of an instrument affecting the title to real property, once recorded, or a certified copy of the record of such instrument may be recorded in any other county, and, when so recorded, the record thereof has the same force and effect as though it was of the original instrument.

Notes

Allows a certified copy of a recorded instrument affecting real-property title, or a certified copy of its record, to be recorded in another county. Once recorded there, the copy has the same force and effect as though the original instrument itself had been recorded in that county.

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