Los Angeles County: notice of recordation.

Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder, following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, to mail a notice of recordation to the party or parties executing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust within 30 days of the recording of one of those documents, and, until January 1, 2020, also authorizes the recorder to provide notice by mail to a party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property, within a prescribed period following recordation. This bill would extend, until January 1, 2030, the provisions authorizing the recorder to provide notice by mail to a party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property. Existing law requires the County of Los Angeles, following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and the Assembly Committee on Local Government on or before January 1, 2019, that provides specified information including, among other things, the number of filed notices of default and notices of sale for which a fee was collected and the amount of fees collected. This bill would require the County of Los Angeles, following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and the Assembly Committee on Local Government on or before January 1, 2029, providing the same information. The bill would require the report to provide all relevant information covering the period of time between December 1, 2013, and November 1, 2028. Existing law also authorizes, until January 1, 2020, the Los Angeles County Recorder to collect a fee from party filing a notice of default or notice of sale. Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder to collect a fee from a party filing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust. Existing law authorizes the recorder to use a portion of the collected fees to pay the actual cost of providing information, counseling, and assistance to a person who receives the notice. Existing law authorizes administrative costs incurred by the recorder to be included as a portion of the actual costs that comprise the fee, as specified. Existing law prohibits this fee from exceeding $7. This bill would extend, until January 1, 2030, the authority of the County of Los Angeles to collect a fee, including administrative costs, from party filing a notice of default or notice of sale. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2030, remove the authority for the fee to include administrative costs and the cost of providing information and counseling, as described above. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.