(a) All deeds, contracts of sale, leases, and other documents or copies of same conveying land or an interest therein to the State, except for transportation rights-of-way, leases, and conveyances, shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(b) All deeds, contracts of sale, leases, and other documents conveying land or an interest in land from the State as grantor, except for transportation rights-of-way, leases, and conveyances, shall be made out in duplicate by the authorized agent of the State. The original shall be delivered to the grantee and the duplicate copy, so marked, shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(c) The Secretary of State shall also record the State Treasurer's bonds and other documents required to be recorded in the Secretary of State's office and give copies of the same upon tender of the Secretary of State's legal fees. (Amended 2009, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)