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Committee advances cleanup bill shifting plat‑compliance responsibility to preparer, not recorder
Summary
SB 287 was presented as a technical clean‑up to require plat preparers (surveyors) to ensure legal compliance; circuit clerks would continue to verify formalities (signatures, seals) but liability for substantive defects would rest with the preparer. The committee voted to pass the bill.
Senator Joshua Bridal introduced SB 287 and asked Brenda DeShields, Benton County circuit clerk, to explain the measure. DeShields said the bill would align plat recording with other recorded instruments by placing responsibility for legal compliance on the preparer of the plat rather than obligating the county recorder to refuse recordings that lack…
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