331.601A - DEFINITIONS.

        331.601A  DEFINITIONS.         As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:         1.  "Batch basis" means the delivery of an accumulation of      electronic documents or records recorded or maintained by the county      recorder.         2.  "Document" or "instrument" means a writing or drawing      presented to the recorder for recording, consisting of one or more      pages of text and attachments.         3.  "Electronic document" means a document or instrument that      is received, processed, disseminated, or maintained in an electronic      format.  The submission of an electronic document through the county      land record information system electronic submission service shall be      equivalent to delivery of a document through the United States postal      service or by personal delivery at designated offices in each county.      Persons who submit electronic documents for recording are responsible      for ensuring that the electronic documents comply with all      requirements for recording.         4.  "File or submit" means the act of delivering a document or      instrument to a recording office for recording into the public      records.         5.  "Grantor and grantee" means the names of the transferor      and transferee in the transaction used to create the recording index.         6.  "Legible" means capable of being read or deciphered      without magnification regardless of the recording process.         7.  "Page" means a writing, printing, or drawing, other than a      plat or survey or a drawing related to a plat or survey, occurring on      one side only and covering all or part of such side, and not larger      than eight and one-half inches in width and fourteen inches in      length.         8.  "Record" means a process whether by manual, mechanical,      electronic, optical, magnetic, microfilm, or other methods of      storage, after filing or submission, to incorporate a document or      instrument into the public record.         9.  "Transaction" means a specific legal action in the form of      or evidenced by one of the following:         a.  A title or caption including but not limited to a deed,      deed of trust, mortgage, or power of attorney.         b.  A subsequent reference to an original document or      instrument including but not limited to an assignment or release or      satisfaction of mortgage.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2004 Acts, ch 1069, §1, 4; 2009 Acts, ch 159, §1