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PRIA Standards for Recording Documents

The Kentucky County Clerk’s Association has formally adopted the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) standards for real estate document formatting.

Legibility Standards are as follows:

Paper weight: 20 lb.

Paper size: 8 ½ x 11 preferred; 8 ½ x 14 accepted

Paper color: White; No water marks

Staples or binding: None

One or two side print: One side only

Impression Seals: None allowed

Colored highlight markers: None allowed

Margins: Top 3” of first page recommended for Recorder use, especially on right side of page (not recommended on last page); all other margins 1”

Ink color: Black preferred, with dark blue signatures

Font: 10-point Times New Roman or equivalent

Spacing: 9 lines per inch maximum

Adopted by PRIA Board of January 13, 2016, http://www.pria.us

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