PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
(E-Recording Standards Commission)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Real property electronic recording.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 65.24.040.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The e-recording standards commission established under RCW 65.24.040 has developed recommendations for rules necessary to implement the Uniform Real Property Electronic Records Act, chapter 65.24 RCW.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Russell Wood, State Records Manager, P.O. Box 40238, Olympia, WA 98504-0238, (360) 586-4900, russell.wood@sos.wa.gov.
February 14, 2011
Steve Excell
Assistant Secretary of State