VA SB622 | 2008 | Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill 622 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0833)

Summary

Circuit Court clerks; electronic filing and recording; digital reproduction; recordation of judgments; secure remote access; deed cover sheets; fees collected by clerks. Clarifies a number of issues for circuit court clerks including (i) the use of the last four digits of a social security number on judgments (filer is responsible); (ii) that the clerk may provide information from a locality to remote access users; (iii) that the filer is responsible for cover sheet accuracy; (iv) allowing the clerk to rely on the cover sheet to index; and (v) the difference between e-filing of court records and e-recording of land records. The bill also provides standard definitions of subscriber, secure remote access, public access, and electronic recording of land records. The bill establishes a $5 per document fee for e-recording of a land record and provides for a subscription rate not to exceed $50 per month for remote access to land records. This bill is identical to

Title

Circuit court clerks; clarifies issues regarding electronic filing & recording of land records, etc.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0833)
2008-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 833 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-11		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB622ER)
2008-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2008-03-06		Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB622H1
2008-03-05		House: Committee substitute agreed to 089599328-H1
2008-03-05		House: Read third time
2008-03-04		House: Read second time
2008-03-03		House: Committee substitute printed 089599328-H1
2008-02-29		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2008-02-18		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-18		House: Read first time
2008-02-18		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-15		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-15		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
2008-02-15		Senate: Passed by temporarily
2008-02-14		Senate: Printed as engrossed 080864328-ES1
2008-02-14		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB622ES1
2008-02-14		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2008-02-14		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2008-02-14		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080864328-S1
2008-02-14		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-14		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-13		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
2008-02-04		Senate: Committee substitute printed 080864328-S1
2008-02-04		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2008-02-04		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
2008-01-14		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-01-09		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-09		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081736328