The box below illustrates in red the attributes from the Agent entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which correspond with data commonly used by county recorders.

Transaction - The Transaction is the transfer of rights in land. Transactions are often documented in instruments, but it is not a requirement in the most part of the United States that transactions be written. Both parties in the transfer of rights must be legal parties who are capable of both delivering and receiving the rights being passed.

Transaction ID - The Transaction ID is a primary key which identifies each record in the Transaction entity. Domain: numeric.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  recorder's indexing number.

T-Source Agent - The Source Agent is the individual or organization which maintains the source information for the transaction. For example, if a source is a record filed in a county, the source agent is the county department where the source is kept or where it is possible to gain access to the source. Domain: Text.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  County Recorder

T-Source Index - The Source Index is the value assigned by a Source Agent to the transaction document to file or identify the transaction. Some examples are volume-page indices, document number, and survey group number. One transaction may have more than one index value, but the value in this attribute is the value that will most likely direct the interested party to the transaction. Domain: Text.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  book, page.

Recorded Date - The Recorded Date is the calendar date shown on the document at the time of recording or the filing date for documents that are filed. This is primarily important for states with race-notice or race requirements for land title document recording. Domain: date.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  date recorded.

Recorded Time - The Recorded Time is the clock time interval shown on the document. This is primarily important for states with race-notice or race requirements for land title document recording. Domain: Time.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  time recorded.