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The County Recorder, Auditor, and Assessor
Most real property paralegals at all involved in any sales or leasing process will eventually have to deal with the county recorder and the state uniform commercial code system. The county recorder is, in essence, the office which tracks ownership, long-term leases, and liens (of most types) on real property. This means that deeds, long-term leases (or memoranda), tax liens, mortgages, and other documents are all filed with the county recorder, and become part of the public record. The uniform commercial code system also tracks liens, but that system is used for liens on personal property, and is based on a statewide system.
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