When any document conveying real property (other than a deed of trust or mortgage) is submitted to the Register of Deeds of the county for recordation, the Register of Deeds shall refuse to record the document unless it has been first presented to the county’s Tax Assessor and the Assessor has noted on the face thereof that he or she has obtained the information he or she desires from the document and the person recording it, which information shall be as follows: the name and address of the grantor(s) and grantee(s); and tax real estate parcel number which has been assigned to the parcel being conveyed or the parent tract of the parcel being conveyed.
(Res. passed 5-15-1989)