Simplifile is offering eRecording services in four more jurisdictions: Grundy County, Tenn., Catawba and Nash Counties in North Carolina and Indian River County in Florida. Title companies, banks and attorneys will be able to electronically scan, upload, submit and track the status of the documents sent to the county for recording via the internet.
“I am a firm believer that as a public servant, we should strive daily to make the office of Register of Deeds the best it can be, for the land owners and those that represent them,” said Grundy County Register of Deeds Gayle Vanhooser. “I see eRecording as the ‘next big thing’ in improving recording in Grundy County.
“The Grundy County land owners will benefit from eRecording in multiple ways,” Vanhooser continued. “First, the check and balance system that our computer vendor has put into place will assure that all e-recorded documents will be accurately recorded. Accuracy is one of the most important factors in the recording process. Second, the land owners and those that represent our land owners will find that in a real estate closing or loan closing, documents can be recorded within a matter of minutes versus the three or four-day process that was involved with mailing the documents and then waiting on the return mail.”
“Even with overnight service, this could still mean several days in time savings at that most crucial time of closing on a real estate sale or loan closing,” she added. “My goal is to always provide the best possible service for the land owners of Grundy County, and I hope that offering this service will help with the recording process for our customers.”
Supreme Title Solutions, located in Melbourne and Vero Beach, was the first to submit and record an electronic document in Indian River County using Simplifile’s service.
“eRecording with Simplifile helps make our office run more efficiently, and it’s great to know that the people at the recording office and Simplifile are always there if we have any questions,” said Edie Smith, closing officer at Supreme Title Solutions.
Other benefits of e-recording include fewer payment errors, increased document security, and less overall paper waste.
Indian River is the 41st Florida county to adopt Simplifile’s e-recording service.