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Senate committee advances SB406 to tighten deed recording identification after amendment
Summary
Senate Bill 406, sponsored by Senator Clark, passed the committee as amended to require identification at deed recording be kept under seal and to clarify which representatives qualify as a recorded grantor; committee adopted the amendment and voted to pass the bill by voice vote.
Senator Clark’s proposal to deter deed-recording impersonation, Senate Bill 406, cleared the committee as amended after discussion and public comment.
The bill aims to make it easier for clerks and law enforcement to trace fraudulent filings by requiring the person presenting a deed to provide identification that the circuit clerk retains under seal rather than placing the identification in the recorded deed. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying who counts as the recorded “grantor” (for example, trustees of a trust, a member of an LLC, a corporate president or an attorney-in-fact) and exempting certain state actors and political subdivisions from the…
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