The Link between E-Recording and Tree Huggers
I have a very close friend whose father recently started a company that provides e-recording services. Prompted by business talk one night, we preceded to half-jokingly debate how such services would delight tree huggers. A seemingly bizarre connection, I know, but in fact it is rather logical and sound. Let me explain.
E-recording (also known as electronic document recording), for those not familiar with the process, very simply refers to the electronic submission of county documents (e.g. liens). Primarily used by title companies, lenders, and county recorders, these documents were originally submitted all in paper form to the county office by a courier or express mail services – that’s a lot of paper. E-recording now enables them to be filed and received all electronically, liberating a traditionally paper-bound industry and thus, thousands of trees. Hooray for e-recording.