Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.
Summary
Provides that a clerk of a circuit court that has established an electronic filing system for land records may charge a fee not to exceed $5 per instrument for every land record filed by paper. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Dec 9, 2016
Signed Feb 20, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Dec 9, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Dec 9, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102470D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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