On Apr. 4, TN LEG enacted bill on electronic records for deed registrar.
TN LEG enacted bill HB 1039 / SB 1230 on submission of electronic records for registration of deeds under Tennessee uniform real property electronic recording act.
Document dated Apr. 4, 2025, was received on Apr. 15, 2025, due to a fixed feed.
Bill Provisions
Authorized persons to submit electronic records for registration with register of deeds accepts electronic records, including attorney, instrumentality of federal government.
Also, bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, CU; federally chartered lending institution, federal government-sponsored entity; person approved as a mortgagee.
This State, any county, municipality, utility district, school district, power district, sanitary district, other political subdivision of state, agency, authority, branch, bureau.
Authorized county registers to receive for registration electronic docs transmitted by electronic filing on behalf of persons authorized to submit electronic records.
Bill specified it is responsibility of electronic filing vendor, not county register, to ensure vendor is transmitting electronic docs to county registers from persons authorized.
Electronic filing vendor is liable for damages resulting from vendor's failure to comply.
Legislative History
On Feb. 6, 2025, bill introduced in the House; on Mar. 3, 2025, bill passed the House.
On Feb. 10, 2025, bill introduced into Senate; on Mar. 17, 2025, bill passed Senate.
On Mar. 28, 2025, signed by the governor; on Apr. 4, 2025, bill became Pub. Ch. 104.
