West Virginia House Bill 4464 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-17 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee

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. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

Sen. Craig Blair [R]	Del. John Doyle [D]	Del. Michael Ferro [D]	Del. John Frazier [D]
Del. Douglas Reynolds [D]	Del. Ron Walters [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-17		To House Finance
2010-02-17		With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
2010-02-12		To House Judiciary
2010-02-12		Introduced in House
2010-02-12		To Judiciary then Finance
2010-02-12		Filed for introduction

SB375 (Similar To) 2010-01-28 - To Judiciary
SB517 (Same As) 2010-03-13 - On 3rd reading, House Calendar

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=4464&year=2010&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill