The clerk shall number all actions authorized by this chapter consecutively in a distinct series and shall keep an index and register devoted exclusively to such actions.
§ 751.19.Actions Numbered, Index and Register
Title 10. Actions In Particular Cases · Chapter 3.5. Actions to Re-establish Destroyed Land Records · Enacted 1953 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 751.19 requires the clerk to number every action authorized by this chapter consecutively in its own distinct series, and to maintain a separate index and register devoted exclusively to these actions.
Full Text of § 751.19
Plain-English Summary
This is a small administrative rule with a practical purpose: keeping Destroyed Land Records Relief Law actions easy to find later, especially in a county where the very records this chapter addresses were lost. The clerk numbers these actions consecutively in a distinct series of their own, apart from ordinary civil case numbers.
The clerk also keeps a separate index and register devoted exclusively to these actions. That dedicated tracking system makes it possible for a future title searcher, or a party to a later action under § 751.20, to locate a prior Chapter 3.5 judgment affecting the same property.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the clerk number actions filed under this chapter?
Consecutively, in a distinct series separate from the numbering used for other civil actions.
Is there a separate way to look up these actions?
Yes. Section 751.19 requires the clerk to keep an index and register devoted exclusively to actions authorized by this chapter.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 52.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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Also known as: clerk index destroyed land records actions california