eRecording is the process of submitting, receiving, and processing documents for recording via the Internet that would otherwise be sent to county clerk’s or recorder’s office for recording by express mail or courier service.

More than a trend in land record document submission, eRecording is a government priority. Federal (ESIGN) and state (UETA and URPERA) legislation has established the legal basis for secure electronic recording, and dozens of states and counties are already eRecording today.

eRecording consists of the following simple, five-step workflow process:

submit > receive > review >  record > return

> submit The document “submitter” (title company, bank, attorney, etc.), prepares a document for submission to you, the County Recorder's Office, and scans the document, converting it into an electronic image. The submitter then reviews the image for accuracy and submits it to you via the Internet.

> receive Seconds after the document is sent, a chime notifies you that the document has arrived.  The document is immediately placed in a queue that recognizes—based on your race-to-record policies—its position relative to other documents being submitted electronically, by mail, or by courier.

> review You then review the document image and accompanying data (fees, comments, etc.) and either reject the document—and return it to the submitter via the Internet for resubmission, along with detailed comments—or accept the document for recording.

> record Once you have accepted the document, you stamp and record it.

> return After the document is recorded, it is immediately returned to the submitter and forwarded to the appropriate clerks to be indexed.