On March 19, 2026, a federal court in Texas vacated FinCEN’s residential real estate reporting rule. FinCEN has confirmed reporting persons are not currently required to file and are not subject to liability for not filing while the order remains in force. FinCEN also notes that 2 other judges have rejected challenges to the rule and that it is appealing the vacatur through DOJ, which filed its opening brief on August 17, 2026 (FinCEN link). FinCEN’s filing system remains open and accepts voluntary filings. Please note: all previously purchased report credits have received a free 9 month expiration extension and now may also be used in our FIRPTA filing feature. Starting reports is free, with no billing or credit use until a report is filed.
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Ordering reports is all you need to do to make sure you’re FinCEN compliant. We’ll do the rest.
We recommend ordering reports near the start of your transaction to give your buyers and sellers maximum time to submit information.
TIP: A template to populate all order information is available to work with our auto ordering system. Many of our customers create a custom export form from their title software like this template. DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE
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