Simplifile, a provider of electronic document and data workflow technology for lenders, settlement agents and counties, announced it has installed its eRecording solution in 16 additional county recording offices across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
“Nationwide, eRecording adoption is steadily growing, as county recorders begin to see the efficiency and cost benefits e-recording provides,” Simplifile President Paul Clifford said. “Georgia, in particular, has led the way in terms of eRecording adoption through Simplifile during the first four months of the year, and we foresee additional growth in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic throughout the rest of the year.”
The new counties include: Houston County, Ala.; Lafayette County, Ark.; Wakulla County, Fla.; Berrien County, Ga.; Bulloch County, Ga.; Chattooga County, Ga.; Emanuel County, Ga.; Gordon County, Ga.; Habersham County, Ga.; Harris County, Ga.; Irwin County, Ga.; Terrell County, Ga.; DeSoto Parish, La.; Union Parish, La.; Stanly County, N.C.; Pike County, Pa.
“From our perspective, eRecording seems to be one of those ideas whose time has simply come,” Clifford told The Title Report. “The current pace of eRecording adoption is at least one new county every other day, thus the significant number of overall counties announced.
“With regard to Georgia specifically, the rapid pace of adoption can be attributed to a confluence of circumstances. The Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) must certify the county’s chosen land record management system (LRMS) prior to allowing the clerks to accept eRecordings through their system. A very large LRMS provider was recently certified, and as Simplifile ties into that LRMS to send documents to the county, this certification became the tipping point that triggered eRecording adoption by several counties Simplifile pre-sold in anticipation of this LRMS certification.”
More than 1,400 county recording offices throughout the U.S. eRecord deeds, mortgages and other documents using Simplifile, the company said.