Article 3. Filing And Recording of California Water Code >> Division 15. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

The petition, with the order of the board of supervisors endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be recorded by the county recorder.

When a district is situated partly in different counties, the board, after the petition has been granted, shall forward a copy of the petition and the order approving the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each of the counties in which any portion of the district is situated.

A copy of the petition and order of the board of supervisors approving the same, certified by the county clerk, shall be forwarded to the State Lands Commission which shall thereupon forward to the county treasurer a statement showing the names of purchasers of public land in the district who have paid in full therefor.

The State Lands Commission, upon the receipt of a copy of a petition, or certificate of the county clerk that a district has been formed, shall number the district and send a notice containing the number so assigned to the county recorder of the county from which the copy or certificate came.

The county recorder, upon receipt of the notice from the State Lands Commission, shall record the same, and the district shall thereafter be known and designated by the number shown in said notice.

Districts organized before May 28, 1868, may retain their respective numbers.