As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) âOfficial recordâ means the permanent archival record of all instruments, papers, and notices as accepted for recording by a county recorder. (b) âPublic recordâ means a record that is in an electronic format and is an exact copy of an official record except that any social security number contained in the copied record is truncated. The public record shall have the same legal force and effect as the official record. (c) âTruncateâ means to redact the first five digits of a social security number. (d) âTruncated social security numberâ means a social security number that displays only the last four digits of the number.
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