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Recorder warns incoming fraud-review legislation would create heavy workload for office
Summary
The county recorder told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that draft legislation requiring recorders to implement a fraud-review-and-referral process (sometimes referred to as Daniels Law or similar proposals) would impose substantial new workload and liability considerations and that the office is pushing for more implementation time.
The County Recorder told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee on Sept. 16 that pending legislation to require county recorders to run a formal fraud review and referral process would create substantial new workload, training needs and potential liability for the recorder's office unless implementation is delayed and resources are provided.
Recorder (identified in the meeting by her office) said state lawmakers and recorder associations are advancing a program that would expand the recorder's role from recording documents that meet statutory form requirements to flagging and referring potentially fraudulent deeds. “If that happens, that is going to put a huge…
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