Rule 3 Definitions
Rule Text
(a) “Document” means:
(1) any instrument affecting interest in land, including deeds, mortgages, leases, agreements to lease, cancellations or terminations of leases, assignments of interests, assignments of mortgage, satisfaction, or release;
(2) any judgments affecting property or lis pendens;
(3) maps, plats, charts, notices, surveys, instruments;
(4) marriage certificates or divorce decrees;
(5) financing statements filed under NMI UCC, or other related papers; or
(6) information that is:
(A) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
(B) eligible to be recorded with the Commonwealth Recorder’s Office.
(b) “Electronic” means relating to technology having digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar properties.
(c) “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the Commonwealth Recorder in an electronic form.
(d) “Electronic signature” means an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(e) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(f) “Paper document” means sheet(s) of paper with information written or printed on it.
(g) “Service fee” or “service charge” includes credit card, subscription fee, e-recording service fee, and other fees as established by the Judiciary or electronic service provider.