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Panel backs bill to tighten recording rules for Address Confidentiality Program after several disclosure incidents
Summary
Senate Judiciary Committee advanced SB191 to require in-person recording or other safeguards for Address Confidentiality Program documents after recorders and the Attorney General's Office described instances where e-recorded deeds exposed protected addresses. Committee approved the bill 9-0.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would change how documents for participants in the Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) are recorded so that protected addresses are less likely to be inadvertently disclosed.
Sponsor and problem statement The bill’s sponsor said SB191 is intended to strengthen the Attorney General's ACP by preventing the inadvertent disclosure of a protected person's identifying information when deeds or mortgages are e-recorded without notice to the recorder. Matt Norris, speaking for the Indiana County Recorders Association, said instances have occurred in which protected individuals’ documents were e-recorded…
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