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Registers of deeds seek repeal of microfilm mandate, request digital standard authority
Summary
Registers of deeds testified that a statutory microfilm preservation mandate is outdated and costly; they asked the committee to let the Secretary of the Commonwealth set digitization standards so registries can adopt modern, accessible archival formats.
Boston — County registers of deeds told the committee H.3377/S.2201 would modernize how registries preserve land‑records by removing a statutory microfilm mandate and allowing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to designate digitization standards.
Mary Oldeving, Register of Deeds for Hampshire County, explained that microfilm equipment is aging,…
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