Real property: property records: personal identifying information.

Existing law generally regulates county recorders, and requires recorders to, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required by statute, or court order to be recorded, or authorized or required to be recorded by a local ordinance that relates to the recordation of any instrument, paper, or notice that relates to real property, as specified. Existing law requires the county recorder or each county to establish a social security number truncation program in order to create a public record version of each official record, as specified. This bill would, except as specified, require a county recorder or other county official who manages a county's property records to establish a procedure that, among other things, redacts personal identifying information from property records and only allows access to an unredacted property record in person at the office of the county recorder or other county official who manages the county's property records. By mandating a new program and higher level of service on county recorders and other county officials who manage a county's property records, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would define "personal identifying information" as a property address, a home address, an assessor's parcel number, and a property legal description. The bill would make related findings and declarations. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.