H584 - Real Property/Error Correction and Title Curative. (SL 2017-110)

Overview: S.L. 2017-110 clarifies the process for correcting non-material errors in recorded instruments of title, creates a curative procedure for obvious description errors in documents of title, enacts a one-year statute of repose within which to challenge the validity of a curative statute from the date it is recorded, entitles any person to recover damages, including costs and attorney's fees, from an attorney who erroneously or wrongfully records a curative affidavit, and creates a seven-year curative provision for certain defects in recorded instruments of title. The act becomes effective August 31, 2018, and applies to curative affidavits filed on or after that date.