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Committee considers statutory changes letting clerks refuse suspicious recordings and requiring more notary details
Summary
House Bill 2952 would require certificates of notarial acts to include document type, page counts, parcel identification numbers and notary commission numbers and give county clerks authority to refuse documents that appear fraudulent. Clerks supported the changes; bankers and others warned about operational and legal side effects.
The House Committee on Rules on Feb. 19 held a public hearing on House Bill 2952, a companion measure to HB 2951 that would change recording and notarial certificate requirements and permit county clerks to refuse to accept documents that show characteristics suggesting they may be fraudulent.
Representative Travis Nelson, sponsor of the bill, said HB 2952 “provides county clerks with essential tools to detect and prevent fraudulent documents and property transactions,” highlighting requirements to include document type, number of pages, parcel identification numbers and notary commission information on recorded documents.
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