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Committee approves allowing engineers, surveyors and notaries to record scrivener's affidavits
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to pass House Bill 14‑79 to let licensed engineers, surveyors and notaries file and record scrivener's affidavits, expanding who may correct minor errors in recorded documents beyond attorneys and title companies.
The House Judiciary Committee on a voice vote approved House Bill 14‑79, which would amend state recording law to allow licensed engineers, land surveyors and notary publics to execute and record scrivener's affidavits.
Representative Les Warren, state representative for District 84, told the committee a scrivener's affidavit is "a legal document that corrects errors in a previously written document," and said the bill would let professionals commonly…
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