Bill > A5301

Introduced Session

This bill enhances protections against fraudulent recordings of quitclaim deeds by expressly authorizing a property owner to request notification and a delay in the recording, any time a quitclaim deed is submitted for recording on the owner's property. If a property owner submits this request, the bill requires the county recording officer (officer) to notify the property owner any time a person submits a request to record a quitclaim deed on the owner's property, and to wait to record the quitclaim deed until no less than 10 business days, and not more than 12 business days, have passed following the day when the officer sends the notification. To facilitate the notification requirement, the bill directs the officer to accept and retain a submission from a property owner of the owner's preferred mailing address or e-mail address, or both. A "county recording officer" is also known as the "register of deeds and mortgages" in some counties, and the "county clerk" in the others. A "quitclaim deed" is a form of a deed through which a grantor makes no promises concerning the extent of the present ownership of the property at issue, and no future promises concerning the property at issue, but conveys whatever estate or interest the grantor purports to have in the real property at issue. The bill allows the officer to collect a fee from property owners submitting notification requests to offset the cost of the notification requirement. The bill takes effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment in order to allow recording offices to adjust fees.

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Gregory Myhre (R)*,  Brian Rumpf (R)*,  Bob Auth (R),  Robert Clifton (R),  Vicky Flynn (R),  Don Guardian (R),  Michael Inganamort (R),  Paul Kanitra (R),  Sean Kean (R),  Alex Sauickie (R),  Gerry Scharfenberger (R),  Claire Swift (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee (on 02/10/2025)

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