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Lawmakers review H.645, a bill to require identity verification for property recordings after reported fraudulent sales
Summary
Representative Sandy Pinstall described recent fraudulent land sales that prompted consideration of H.645, which would require a Secretary of State‑approved identity verification registry for real property transactions, give town clerks authority to delay endorsements, and require attorney affidavits verifying client identity.
Representative Sandy Pinstall told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that town clerks have reported multiple instances of fraudulent land transfers and that one Wallingford case involved a family later identified as relatives of Representative Eric Maguire.
"I was contacted this past summer from a a fellow town clerk from Paulette, and I also spoke with the clerk from Wallingford where a fraudulent sale had happened," Pinstall said, describing a case in which a property owner discovered he had not sold his land after a recorded transaction had…
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