Kings County Assessor/Clerk/Recorders Office Issues With The Recording of Documents

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Include on the Kings County Assessor/Clerk/Recorders Office website, templates and examples of documents frequently used by City and County departments and the requirements that need to be met to record those legal documents.

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Each department should produce its own manual of commonly used documents, templates, examples of those documents, what information is required, and how it should be presented to be acceptable for recording in the Kings County Assessor/Clerk/Recorders Office.

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An emphasis should be placed on the importance of frequent communication by both County of Kings departments, City departments, and the Assessor/Clerk/Recorders Office.

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The Kings County Assessor/Clerk/Recorders Office should conduct more frequent training of personnel to provide consistent, uniform information and service to County and City departments in Kings County. REQUIRED RESPONSE Pursuant to Penal Code Section § 914.1 provided in part: “No later than 60 days after the Grand Jury Submits a final report on the operations of any public agency subject to its reviewing authority, the governing body of the public agency shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body and every elected county officer or agency head for which the Grand Jury had responsibility…” pursuant to Section § 914.1 shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court…” Kings County Assessor/Clerk/Recorder 1400 W. Lacey Blvd. Hanford, CA 93230 Pursuant to Penal Code Section § 933 (c), provided in part: “No later than 90 days after the Grand Jury Submits a final report on the operations of any public agency subject to its reviewing authority, the governing body of the public agency shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body and every elected county officer or agency head for which the Grand Jury had responsibility pursuant to Section § 914.1 shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court…” Kings County Board of Supervisors 1400West Lacey Boulevard Hanford, CA 93230 Respond with Original to: Judge Jennifer Giuliani, Presiding Judge Kings County Superior Court 1640 Kings Court Drive Hanford, CA 93230 Respond with Copy to: Kings County Civil Grand Jury P O Box #1562 Hanford, CA 93230 8