Simplifile reports that it recently facilitated the first e-recording transaction in the state of West Virginia.
The transaction was completed on Friday, Aug. 24 in Monongalia County, W. Va., which is the first recording jurisdiction in the state to begin e-recording land documents.
“Until recently, West Virginia had been one of the few remaining holdouts on e-recording adoption. That has now changed,” says Paul Clifford, president of Simplifile, in a release. “Now that other counties within the state can witness the added efficiency and reduced costs e-recording provides, we expect to see adoption ramp up significantly.
“We stand ready to help additional West Virginia recording jurisdictions make the switch, joining the more than 1,800 counties in Simplifile’s e-recording network,” he adds.
The closing attorney for the transaction submitted the documents via Simplifile’s e-recording platform to the Monongalia County recorder’s office on Thursday, Aug. 23.
Due to the nature of West Virginia’s recording process, the verified and recorded documents were returned to the closing attorney the next business day. This represents a significant improvement over Monongalia County’s previous, paper-based process.
Simplifile also recently announced that 29 additional recording jurisdictions located in six states throughout the Southeastern U.S. have joined its e-recording network.
“Just this year, the number of Mississippi jurisdictions that have adopted Simplifile’s e-recording platform has more than doubled,” Clifford says.
The newest additions to Simplifile’s e-recording network include the following:
- Ashley County, Ark.
- Bradley County, Ark.
- Grant County, Ark.
- Johnson County, Ark.
- Ouachita County, Ark.
- Van Buren County, Ark.
- Calhoun County, Fla.
- Collier County, Fla.
- Baker County, Ga.
- Cobb County, Ga.
- Dougherty County, Ga.
- Jenkins County, Ga.
- Spalding County, Ga.
- Treutlen County, Ga.
- Lafayette Parish, La.
- Calhoun County, Miss.
- Itawamba County, Miss.
- Monroe County, Miss.
- Pontotoc County, Miss.
- Prentiss County, Miss.
- Tishomingo County, Miss.
- Graham County, N.C.
- Rutherford County, N.C.
- Greenwood County, S.C.
- Chesterfield County, S.C.
- Jasper County, S.C.
- Johnson County, Tenn.
- Madison County, Tenn.
- McNairy County, Tenn.
Nationally, more than 50% of recording jurisdictions are now the platform to review, stamp, record and return documents electronically.