HOURS OF RECORDATION

The office of the assistant registrar shall be open from 7:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. every day of the year, except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays established by law, but instruments shall only be recorded between 8:00 a.m. and 3:29 p.m. Every instrument presented for recordation shall be examined for recordation by the assistant registrar in the order it is presented for that purpose and if the instrument is entitled by law to be recorded, shall be recorded: (1) At 8:01 a.m. if the instrument was presented to the assistant registrar before 8:01 a.m.; (2) As of the time it is accepted by the assistant registrar; (3) At 8:01 a.m. the next day the assistant registrar's office is open if the person requesting recordation so requests; (4) At 8:01 a.m. the next day the assistant registrar's office is open if the instrument was presented after 3:29 p.m.; or (5) On the date and at a time between 8:01 a.m. and 3:29 p.m. pursuant to the terms contained in any written agreement with the assistant registrar relating to prechecking and recordation of instruments.