Land records; recording and indexing fees.
Summary
Land records; recording and indexing fees.Provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recordingand indexing fees for one document that contains two or more instrumentsthat may serve independent legal purposes, including a record ofa mortgage as a financing statement, unless the person presentingsuch document or instruments requests that such document or instrumentsbe recorded and indexed in more than a single instance. The billalso provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaimdeed between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passedbetween the parties, provided that such quitclaim deed shows on itsface that no consideration has passed.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Feb 27, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2024
How they voted
97–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Feb 1, 2024
D
Democratic49
97% Yea
R
Republican49
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
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