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Document Updates: Various Washington Security Instruments

Feb 11, 2022

As is common in the mortgage industry, First American Docutech generally provides a “Prepared By” section on security instruments. This section is ...

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Document Updates: New Hampshire Notarial Requirements for RON

Jan 28, 2022

New Hampshire Senate Bill 134 enacts the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, including provisions for notarizations on electronic records and for ...

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Document Updates: Updates to Social Security Number Verification (Cx5579)

Jan 26, 2022

According to the instructions for the SSA-89, the form is required to be completed for each “reason for authoring consent.” The form has several ...

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Document Updates: Update to Announcement Regarding New Additional Tax Transcript Functionality for 4506-C (Cx3095)

Jan 14, 2022

New functionality to trigger additional copies of IRS Form 4506-C was announced last month. The fields that trigger new Request 2, Request 3, or ...

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Document Updates: Revision to VA Form 26-0592 Counseling Checklist for Military Homebuyers (Cx3521)

Jan 12, 2022

On January 6, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs published Circular 26-22-02 regarding the updating of VA Form 26-0592, Counseling Checklist ...

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Document Updates: Updates to Tax Form 4506 Request for Copy of Tax Return (Cx23)

Jan 5, 2022

Pursuant to our monthly audit of Federal Agency forms and to match the model forms, we will be making the following changes to Cx23:

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Document Updates: Self-Employment Income on the Redesigned URLA FNMA 1003 (Cx20667)

Jan 5, 2022

We are making changes to our FNMA Form 1003 (Cx20667) to align with updated guidance indicating how self-employment income should be reported on the ...

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Document Updates: Notary Updates Effective January 1, 2022

Dec 29, 2021

The year 2021 has seen some significant changes in notary laws as remote online notarization (RON) has become increasingly more common due to the ...

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Document Updates: 2021 Graphs for Credit Score Disclosure – A-3/H-3 (Cx15312)

Dec 29, 2021

Cx15312 is a duplicate of the Model A-3/H-3 Form provided by the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve Board, and Consumer Financial Protection ...

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