Recording Requirements*
| LEGAL INQUIRIES: | The Pima County Recorder’s Office is under instruction from the Pima County Attorney’s Office not to give legal advice or guidance. Please consult an attorney or legal advisor for this type of information. | ||||
| TITLE OR CAPTION: | Each document must have a title or caption briefly stating the nature of the document. | ||||
| ORIGINAL OR COPY: | Each document must be an original or a copy of the original, and shall be sufficiently legible for recorder to make certified copies from the photographic or micrographic record. | ||||
| SIGNATURES: | Each document must have original signatures or carbon copies of original signatures, except when otherwise provided by law. | ||||
| DOCUMENT AND PRINT SIZE: | Each document must be no larger than 8 1/2 inches wide by 14 inches long, and shall have a print size no smaller than ten point type. | ||||
| MARGINS: | Each document must have at least a one-half inch margin across the bottom and the left and right sides from the top to the bottom. The first page shall have a top margin of at least two inches of vertical space from left to right, and shall be reserved for recordation and return address information. | ||||
| MODIFICATIONS:. | Any document which modifies a previously recorded document must state the recording date, and docket and page or sequence number of the document being modified. | ||||
| TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY: | Documents evidencing a transfer of title of real property must include a complete legal description and
be accompanied by an "Affidavit of Property Value," as set
forth in A.R.S. 11-1133 .
Documents that transfer real property submitted without an affidavit or with any incomplete or missing information as required by the
statute will be rejected and returned to the submitter. Transfers exempt from the Affidavit of property value must be accompanied by the
Arizona Department of Revenue exemption letter and number at the time of recording. Instructions are set forth in
A.R.S. 11-1134.C.
The affidavit of property value form can be obtained from the Arizona Department of Revenue. |
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| MAP RECORDING: | Requirements for recording maps can be found in A.R.S. 11-481. | ||||
*Pursuant to A.R.S. 44-1373 and A.R.S. 11-480.
