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Senate committee hears bill to let Secretary of State delete fraudulent business filings
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee heard Senate File 17-34, the Minnesota Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act, which would give the Secretary of State a formal administrative process to mark and remove fraudulent business filings and redact unauthorized personal data. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 17-34, the Minnesota Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act, was presented to the State and Local Government Committee on Thursday, March 27. Senator Steve Klein, sponsor of the bill, said the measure would create an administrative pathway for victims of business-identity fraud to have wrongful filings challenged and removed without first going to court.
The bill would allow someone who believes a filing was made in their name to submit a declaration to the Secretary of…
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