11-18-23. Filing or recording documents with recorder - Social security numbers.
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1. A document that includes a social security number may not be filed or recorded with
the recorder unless a law requires the social security number to be in the document in
order to be filed or recorded. A document that is required to contain a social security
number may be recorded in the real estate records with the social security number
redacted.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a copy of a document that includes a
social security number is requested, the recorder is not required to redact the social
security number unless the document was filed or recorded with the recorder after
December 1, 2003.
3. A document that must include a social security number under chapters 14-03 and
23-02.1 may be processed and recorded under those chapters; however, the social
security number is confidential and must be redacted before a copy or certified copy
may be provided to the public.