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CA SB 255

enacted

County recorders: notification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 255 pass?

Yes. CA SB 255 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 255 about?

Existing law establishes the office of county recorder and requires the county recorder to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required to be recorded, subject to the collection of specified fees. Existing law requires the county recorder to maintain various indices of specified documents and records. Existing law authorizes the county recorder, following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the board of supervisors, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust, to notify by mail the party or parties executing the document. Existing law authorizes the recorder to require, as a condition of recording, that a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust indicate the assessor's identification number or numbers that fully contain the real property described in the legal description, in accordance with a specified format. Existing law also authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder, until January 1, 2030, and subject to authorization by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, to provide notice by mail to the party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property within a prescribed timeframe following recordation. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, each county within the state to establish a recorder notification program and the board of supervisors of each county to adopt an authorizing resolution for these purposes. Pursuant to the program and following the adoption of an authorizing resolution, the county recorder, or a designee authorized by the county board of supervisors, would be required, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust, to notify the parties executing the document by mail in accordance with certain procedures. The bill would also authorize the county recorder, in addition to the mailed notice, to establish an electronic notification program. The bill would create an exemption from these requirements for the recordation of certain documents where a state or local government is the grantee. The bill would also authorize the county recorder to collect a fee from the party filing the deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs of services of the county to comply with these provisions. The bill would create an exception from these requirements for the above-described notification program for the County of Los Angeles. By imposing new duties on county officials and employees, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA SB 255?

Seyarto is the primary sponsor of CA SB 255.

Description

Existing law establishes the office of county recorder and requires the county recorder to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required to be recorded, subject to the collection of specified fees. Existing law requires the county recorder to maintain various indices of specified documents and records. Existing law authorizes the county recorder, following adoption of an authorizing resolution by the board of supervisors, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust, to notify by mail the party or parties executing the document. Existing law authorizes the recorder to require, as a condition of recording, that a deed, quitclaim, or deed of trust indicate the assessor's identification number or numbers that fully contain the real property described in the legal description, in accordance with a specified format. Existing law also authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder, until January 1, 2030, and subject to authorization by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, to provide notice by mail to the party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property within a prescribed timeframe following recordation. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, each county within the state to establish a recorder notification program and the board of supervisors of each county to adopt an authorizing resolution for these purposes. Pursuant to the program and following the adoption of an authorizing resolution, the county recorder, or a designee authorized by the county board of supervisors, would be required, within 30 days of recordation of a deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust, to notify the parties executing the document by mail in accordance with certain procedures. The bill would also authorize the county recorder, in addition to the mailed notice, to establish an electronic notification program. The bill would create an exemption from these requirements for the recordation of certain documents where a state or local government is the grantee. The bill would also authorize the county recorder to collect a fee from the party filing the deed, quitclaim deed, mortgage, or deed of trust in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs of services of the county to comply with these provisions. The bill would create an exception from these requirements for the above-described notification program for the County of Los Angeles. By imposing new duties on county officials and employees, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Seyartoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

  3. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-04

    Set for hearing March 19.

  5. 2025-03-13

    March 19 hearing postponed by committee.

  6. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 2.

  7. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  8. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  9. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  10. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  12. 2025-05-05

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  13. 2025-05-06

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  14. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2025-05-08

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2025-05-29

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

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  17. 2025-06-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  18. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  19. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  21. 2025-07-10

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  22. 2025-07-17

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  23. 2025-07-17

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  24. 2025-08-18

    Ordered to the Assembly.

  25. 2025-08-19

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  26. 2025-08-21

    Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.

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  27. 2025-08-21

    Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-08-27

    Ordered to third reading.

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  29. 2025-08-27

    Read third time and amended.

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  30. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  31. 2025-09-03

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  32. 2025-09-09

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  33. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  34. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  35. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  36. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 06/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-09Compare
  • 08/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-27Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB255Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-22 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wiener: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-05-08 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Grove: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Hurtado: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-18 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ramos: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Connolly: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-09 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Sanchez: yes

  • SB 255 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-07-17 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Hart: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Alvarez: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Berman: other
    • Gallagher: other

  • SB 255 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey

    2025-09-02 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Berman: other

  • Special Consent

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

Related bills

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