California · Civil Code
CIV §880.350: (a) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property shall be recorded in the county in which the real property is situated.
What this law says, in plain English
A notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property must be recorded in the county where the property is located.
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(a) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property shall be recorded in the county in which the real property is situated. (b) The county recorder shall index a notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property in the index of grantors and grantees. The index entry shall be for the grantor, and for the purpose of this index, the claimant under the notice shall be deemed to be the grantor. If a notice of intent to preserve is recorded by or on behalf of more than one claimant, each claimant shall be deemed to be a grantor and a separate index entry shall be made for each claimant.
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