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Committee advances bill to curb fraudulent electronic deed recordings
Summary
House Bill 1039 would allow registers of deeds to accept recordings only from authorized vendors and make those vendors responsible for attorney fees when fraud leads to title litigation; the measure was advanced by the committee.
The State and Local Government Committee voted to advance House Bill 10-39 after the sponsor described growing problems with fraudulent electronic filings in registers of deeds offices.
Representative Whit Garrett, sponsor of the bill, said the measure was prompted by reports from his Sumner County register of deeds about fraudulent electronic deeds and lien…
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