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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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Division 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT |
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Part 5.5. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES |
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Chapter 5. State Records |
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ARTICLE 7. Restoration of Records Destroyed by Public Calamity |
Section 14769.
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(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Acquire" includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise.
(2) "Public record plant" means the plant, or any part thereof, or any record therein, of any person engaged in the business of searching or publishing public records or insuring or guaranteeing titles to real property, including copies of public records and abstracts or memoranda taken from public records, which is owned by or in the possession of that person or which is used by that person in his or her business.
(b) If public records of any state agency have been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the director may acquire the right to reproduce any portion of a public record plant as is necessary for the purpose of restoring or replacing the records or their substance.