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Senate committee adopts amendment and advances title-security bill requiring ID on deed filings, with clerks to keep licenses under seal
Summary
The Senate committee advanced SB406, a measure aimed at deterring property‑transfer fraud by requiring identification when deeds are recorded; an amendment adopted narrows public disclosure by keeping driver’s licenses under seal and clarifies which types of grantors must provide ID.
Senators advanced SB406 on a voice vote after adopting an amendment that narrows what identification information is recorded and clarifies who must present ID when real‑property instruments are filed.
Senator Clark, the bill sponsor, said the measure is intended to reduce “seller impersonation fraud,” in which someone forges a deed and attempts to transfer property they do not own. Clark told the committee the bill had been amended several times to address questions that arose when the measure was previously considered, including who counts as a grantor where the owner is a trust, LLC or corporation.
The amendment adopted in committee specifies that the person named as the grantor must be the one whose identification is collected; the sponsor described that as encompassing trustees, members of LLCs, corporate officers and attorneys‑in‑fact…
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