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Committee hears letter urging pre-recording owner contact; register of deeds says statute, workflow limit action
Summary
A letter read during the March 18 meeting asked the register of deeds to contact owners before recording property transfers to prevent fraud. Committee staff responded that no statute requires such pre-contact, that Wisconsin is a race-notice state, and that recording offices lack authority to reject properly submitted documents.
A committee member read a letter to the editor urging the register of deeds to contact owners of record before registering property transfers as a way to reduce property-fraud risk. The letter was read during the March 18 meeting of the Dunn County Planning, Resource and Development Committee.
Committee member Monica read the two-sentence letter, which recommended the register of deeds contact…
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