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- Jurisdiction
- Maricopa County, Arizona (County Recorder) · Arizona
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. secs. 11-461 et seq. (county recorder's duties; recording of instruments); Governor Ducey's Executive Order 2020-18, 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected' (Mar. 30, 2020), cited on the notice's face
- Issued
- 2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-31
- End
- 'until further notice'; reopening not verified (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 31, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- title companies, lenders and law firms recording instruments
- customers of the Recorder's satellite counters
- Functions reached
- CL recording of deeds, deeds of trust and releases (counter closed; e-recording only)
- PM recorded plats and liens
- OF title and law offices
- CB
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
Due to the 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected' Executive Order our public counters are closed until further notice.... Any customer can go to deeds.com and set up an account to e-record (for a minimal fee)... Due to COVID-19 our public counter is closed. Call for services.
Enforcement
Administrative closure of the recording counters; recording available only electronically or by mail
Notes
The largest recording office in Arizona (Phoenix metro) closed its counters under the Governor's stay-home order and routed every recording through electronic vendors; walk-in recording, the norm for many small title agencies and lenders, was unavailable.
Retrieval noteThe notice appears in English and Spanish on the archived page and on the holiday-hours table ('Due to COVID-19 our public counter is closed').