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Committee hears bill to bar third‑party watermarking of circuit‑clerk records; bill held for later vote
Summary
Representative Nathan Warren presented House Bill 13‑67 to reinforce circuit clerks’ custodial role over public records and to bar third‑party vendors from watermarking and charging for electronic documents.
Representative Nathan Warren presented House Bill 13‑67 to the Arkansas House Committee on Insurance & Commerce, saying the measure would reinforce the circuit clerk’s custodial role over public records and update statute language for electronic records. The bill would prohibit out‑of‑state third‑party vendors from watermarking court or real‑property documents and charging for access to material that the transcript describes as public records.
The bill’s sponsors and supporters told the committee that some electronic‑record vendors had been adding watermarks to documents and offering access for a fee,…
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