Legal Watch
State and federal statutory and regulatory activity that is directly related to the objectives of the eSTART Coalition. The referenced materials are displayed for awareness and their listing on the page does not confer any position on the bill by the eSTART Coalition or its members.
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2025
Establishes (in part) an accessible online insurance verification system.
Establishes an electronic system for vehicle titles.
Establishes an Electronic Lien and Title System.
2024
Adds lease vehicle transactions to the state’s electronic document processing system and authorizes certain electronic communications.
Regarding the electronic issuance of registration and certificates of title.
Authorizes the Department of Revenue to make certain electronic notifications and allows for maintenance and transfer of electronic title records.
Provides for revisions related to electronic titling.
Maine Legislative Document 2072
Provides for certain allowances in cases where a lienholder participates in the state’s electronic lien titling program.
Requiring the electronic notification of lien satisfaction, release and discharge by a lienholder to the department of revenue.
Facilitates online issuance of temporary tags, makes e-signature improvements, and provides for electronic document submissions, among other items.
Provides for remote notarization.
Establishes an Electronic Lien and Title System.
Provides for remote notarization.
Establishes an electronic title system by December 2025 for dealers and December 2026 for individuals.
Provides for use of a secure power of attorney in combination with an electronic title in a dealer’s name for resale.
2023
Creates an electronic temporary operating permit system.
Authorizes electronic signatures for internet sales activities.
Expands authorization and transactability of electronic titles.
Creates a non-resident title clearinghouse.
Provides for electronic document submission and electronic signatures.
Permits the electronic execution of a power of attorney for the purpose of transferring a salvage certificate of title and the execution of an odometer and disclosure statement.
Gives authority for electronic titling and establishing and electronic lien and title system.
Makes cleanup provisions for electronic lien and title program and eliminates some notary requirements for motor vehicle transactions.
Establishes an electronic lien and title program, and authorizes e-signatures and electronic document submission.
South Carolina Senate Bill 549
Establishes mandatory electronic document processing by January 2024.
Authorizes electronic signatures on purchase documents.
An expansive modernization bill.
Creates a non-resident title clearinghouse.