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This bill adopts the Uniform Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Act, which provides a mechanism for property owners and homeowners associations to remove discriminatory or illegal restrictions from property deed records. The bill defines key terms like "unlawful restriction" as a prohibition in a document that interferes with property transfer, use, or occupancy based on characteristics like race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability, and which violates state or federal law. Individual property owners can submit an amendment to remove such restrictions from their specific property's records, and homeowners associations can also remove these restrictions from governing instruments without requiring a member vote. The amendment process requires identifying the property, the original document, and including a specific statement explaining the removal. Recorders are required to record these amendments and cross-reference them with the original documents, and they are protected from liability for doing so. The bill also ensures that removing an unlawful restriction does not affect other valid restrictions and promotes uniformity in how jurisdictions handle such amendments. Additionally, the bill modifies certain provisions of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act while preserving some of its core protections.

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