West Virginia House Bill 2790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-24 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to adopt the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. Under the proposed bill, any requirement of state law describing or requiring that a land record document be an original, on paper, or in writing are satisfied by a document in electronic form. In addition, any requirement that the document contain a signature or acknowledgment is satisfied by an electronic signature or acknowledgment. The bill authorizes the clerk to accept electronic documents for recording and to index and store those documents. The act does not provide a means of funding the establishment or operation of an electronic recording system. No single approach is recommended and in fact, the commissioners recognized that the best approach for a state may involve multiple systems. The bill requires the Secretary of State to develop a legislative rule containing standards for electronic recording to be used by each county. The standards are to be developed with a vision toward fostering intra- and interstate harmony and uniformity in the electronic recording process. The SOS or Office of Technology, whichever is chosen to develop the standards required by the rule, will engage in a stakeholder rulemaking process to assure that all of the affected parties have the opportunity to participate in the process.

Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

Del. John Doyle [D]

Del. Michael Ferro [D]

Del. John Frazier [D]

Del. Ron Walters [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-24		To House Judiciary
2011-01-24		Introduced in House
2011-01-24		To Judiciary then Finance
2011-01-24		Filed for introduction

SB13 (Similar To) 2011-01-12 - To Interstate Cooperation
SB46 (Similar To) 2011-01-12 - To Interstate Cooperation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39A	4	1	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	2	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	3	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	4	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	5	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	6	New Code	See Bill Text
39A	4	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2790&year=2011&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2790%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2790