11-477. Liability for neglect or
misfeasance
If an instrument, proved or acknowledged according to law, or a paper or notice
which may by law be recorded, is delivered to the recorder for record, and he neglects or
refuses to perform the duties required of him by law relating to recording or filing
instruments and papers, or if he neglects or refuses to make the searches and to give the
certificate as required by this article, or if such searches or certificate are
incomplete and defective in any important particular, or if he alters, changes or
obliterates any record deposited in his office, or inserts any new matter therein, he is
liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of the damages which may be
occasioned by the neglect or refusal, or by the incompleteness or defect in the searches
and certificate.
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