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Committee debates statewide notarial database to curb deed fraud
Summary
House Bill 2951 would require the Secretary of State to maintain an online database of notarial acts with a unique identification number for each act. Supporters said the change could help prevent deed fraud; bankers and others raised privacy, scope and implementation concerns.
The House Committee on Rules held a public hearing Feb. 19 on House Bill 2951, which would require the Oregon Secretary of State to maintain an online database of notarial acts, generate a unique identification number for each act and require that number be used on certificates of notarial acts.
Representative Travis Nelson, sponsor of the bill, said the measure was prompted by examples of deed fraud in his district and elsewhere in Oregon and described the proposal as “designed to close loopholes, prevent fraud, and protect Oregonians from losing their homes and property through forged documents.” He said the bill grew out of conversations with the Secretary of State and county recording officials and asked…
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