HB 361 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Fight Deed and Title Fraud/Funds.

HB 361 allocates $1.8 million for training county register of deeds employees, $500,000 for a public awareness campaign about real property fraud, and $30 million in grants to county offices for technology upgrades. The grants will fund digitizing records, purchasing scanning equipment, upgrading software, enhancing digital security, and improving network systems to prevent deed and title fraud. An additional $1 million is reserved for county offices without existing fraud detection systems. The bill becomes effective July 1, 2025, directly affecting county register of deeds offices and the public through reduced fraud risks.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a filed draft to its first official edition with several substantive changes. The primary modifications involve updating sponsor information, adjusting the bill's version identifier, and reformatting the header information to match official legislative standards. The core policy content regarding funding allocations for fraud prevention remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors (Winslow, Schietzelt, and Liu) to the bill and clarified that a complete sponsor list is available on the General Assembly website.

Updated the bill identifier from 'DRH30173-NOa-4' to 'H361-v-1' to reflect the official first edition version.

Adjusted the header formatting to align with official House Bill 361 standards, including session information and page numbering.

Removed the original filing date (Mar 10, 2025) and replaced it with the official edition date (March 12, 2025) and committee referral information.

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Committee

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 23 co-sponsors