Glossary

Recording

Recording
The process of placing a document on file with a designated county public official for public notice who is usually known as the county recorder of deeds and who designates the fact that a document has been presented for recording by placing a recording stamp upon it indicating the time of day and the date when it was officially placed on file. Documents filed with the Recorder are considered to be placed on open notice which is also called “constructive notice” or “legal notice” to the general public of that county. Claims against property usually are given a priority on the basis of the time and the date they are recorded with the most preferred claim going to the earliest one recorded and the next claim going to the next earliest one recorded and so on.