Welcome to the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA) website, maintained by the national Uniform Law Commission (ULC). Over the past decade, ULC has been at the forefront of developing law with regard to electronic transactions. In 2004, the ULC completed more than two years of study, discussion, and drafting, and promulgated URPERA. The act was first brought to the states for passage in 2005, and twenty-five states have enacted the legislation since that time.

URPERA builds upon existing electronic transactions laws, in particular the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) and the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN). The act authorizes, but does not mandate, local land records officials to begin accepting records in electronic form, store electronic records, convert existing records into electronic form, and set up systems for searching for and retrieving these land records. Equally important, URPERA designates a state authority to set general and technical standards for the practice and process of electronic recording in the enacting state.

Thank you for your interest in URPERA. This site contains the full text of the act with its notes and commentary, the latest information on the Act’s enactment status, and other materials that should prove useful to parties interested in URPERA. As chair of the URPERA Drafting Committee, I hope you will find this website to be a valuable resource as we continue to develop it and as states continue to consider and adopt URPERA.

Sincerely,

David D. Biklen, Chair, URPERA Drafting Committee