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Subscriber Access OnlyMassachusetts considers bill to allow Nantucket transfer fee

Posted Date: Monday, August 8, 2022
The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill that would authorize the Town of Nantucket to impose a real estate transfer fee for affordable and workforce housing and related capital improvements.
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Subscriber Access OnlyD.C. Council passes RON legislation

Posted Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The District of Columbia Council passed legislation to amend the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts of 2018, allowing notaries to perform a notarial act for an individual who is not physically present before the notary public. The bill awaits action from the mayor.
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Subscriber Access OnlyHouse votes on RON legislation, data privacy bills

Posted Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The U.S. House passed the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 shortly after the House Committee on Energy & Commerce passed six consumer protection bills, including the SECURE Notarization Act and the American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
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Senators introduce NFIP extension legislation

Posted Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to authorize a one-year extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2022.
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Subscriber Access OnlyVermont adopts bill prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants

Posted Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2022
The Vermont Legislature adopted legislation prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds at the state level. The bill went into effect July 1.
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Subscriber Access OnlyDelaware passes RULONA, adopting RON

Posted Date: Monday, July 11, 2022
The Delaware General Assembly passed legislation adopting the Uniform Law Commission’s Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), allowing for the use of remote online notarizations (RON). The bill will go into effect on Aug. 1, 2023.
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Subscriber Access OnlyMaryland adopts title-producer review bill

Posted Date: Monday, July 11, 2022
A bill has been enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution that authorizes title insurers to conduct a required annual review of a title insurance producer in person, remotely by using mail, overnight delivery, or electronic means or by a combination of in-person and remote methods. The bill will go into effect Oct. 1, 2022.
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Subscriber Access OnlyCalifornia adopts Partition of Real Property Act

Posted Date: Monday, July 11, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation expanding the scope of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. The act, now known as the Partition of Real Property Act, now applies to any real property held in tenancy in common where there is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants which governs the partition of the property.
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Subscriber Access OnlyMBA urges N.Y. governor to veto Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act

Posted Date: Monday, July 11, 2022
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to veto the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act, arguing it would harm homeowners by limiting a lender’s flexibility to work with borrowers in default to offer them home retention options in lieu of foreclosure.
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Subscriber Access OnlyMaryland adopts law regarding partition of property

Posted Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022
The Maryland General Assembly adopted legislation requiring courts in actions to partition real property to determine the market value of the property unless it makes certain determinations; establishing procedures for the purchase of interests in real property by cotenants; for the partition in kind of real property among cotenants, and for the partition by sale of real property on the open market by a real estate broker licensed in Maryland. The bill goes into effect Oct. 1, 2022.
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