Simplifile announced that Clallam County, Wash., is the 1,800th jurisdiction to join its eRecording network.
With the addition, Simplifile said more than 50 percent of recording jurisdictions nationwide now are using its eRecording platform to electronically exchange, process, and record real estate documents.
“This is a tremendous milestone in Simplifile’s deep history of eRecording. When we first began down this path 18 years ago, our goal was simply to bring transparency and efficiency to the document recording process,” Simplifile President Paul Clifford said in a release. “Now, to have deployed our platform in more than half of the U.S. recording jurisdictions and to cover recording transaction for the vast majority of the population – it’s beyond anything we could have ever anticipated, and we’re deeply grateful to all our settlement and recording partners that have made this achievement possible.”
In addition to Clallam County, other jurisdictions that recently joined Simplifile’s eRecording network include Christian County, Ill., Macoupin County, Ill., Wells County, Ind., Grundy County, Mo., Billings County, N.D., Steele County, N.D., Haakon County, S.D. Oglala Lakota County, S.D., and Lavaca County, Texas.
“Simplifile has been very helpful and supportive while we are just beginning. Their support staff has been awesome to work with, very friendly and helpful, and it is an honor and a pleasure to hold the distinction of being Simplifile’s 1,800th eRecording county,” Clallam County Recorder Tomi Elliott said.
“We had heard at a recording conference how easy eRecording was and that it cuts down on the amount of paperwork that passes through the office,” Elliott added. “We had been looking into getting started and thought we had to have the treasurer’s office on board for the excise stamps but found out we could eRecord all other documents. eRecording is a very quick and easy process for our customers, especially if a document needs correcting – no long waits while it is in transit using the mail.”