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Committee advances technical bill to allow Great Seal to serve in lieu of notary on certain land patents

Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee · February 5, 2026

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Summary

House Bill 211, a recording 'cleanup' to reconcile statutes so the lieutenant governor's Great Seal can be accepted for recording sovereign land patents, was supported by county recorders and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration and was placed on the consent calendar by unanimous committee vote.

House Bill 211, presented as a technical cleanup to reconcile recording statutes, received unanimous committee support and was placed on the consent calendar.

Representative Chu explained the bill corrects a statutory mismatch dating to 1988 that made notarization a requirement for…

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