press release - County Clerk Recorder - Sacramento County

ELECTRONIC RECORDING DELIVERY SYSTEM (cont’d)
System Background:
The Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004 (Government Code Sections 27390 through 27399)
authorizes a County Recorder, upon approval by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and System
Certification by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Electronic Recording Delivery System (ERDS) program to
establish an ERDS for the delivery, and when applicable, return of specified electronic records that are an
instrument of real estate transactions. In 2007, DOJ issued regulations for implementing an Electronic
Recording Delivery System (ERDS) program, specifying all conditions, including system certification, regulation
and oversight by DOJ’s ERDS Program. These regulations require documents are secure while in transmit to
the County and in the return to the submitter to prevent any possible fraud.
The regulations also state that counties are authorized to join forces and provide a single portal for this
process. Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Los Angeles Counties developed a multi-county electronic
recording delivery system portal known as SECURE, which these counties jointly own. SECURE was certified
by the DOJ September 29, 2009.
October 4, 2005, The Board of Supervisors approved the Clerk/Recorder’s participation in the ERDS
program. December 1, 2009, The Board also approved the Clerk/Recorder joining the multi-county electronic
recording delivery system portal, SECURE. Sacramento County was certified as a partner county of SECURE
by the DOJ November 18, 2010.
Companies wishing to become an authorized submitter are encouraged to contact Sacramento County:
Louise Martinez, Chief Deputy Clerk/Recorder, at (916) 874-7851 or martinezlm@saccounty.net.
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