Original document verification system and method in an electronic document transaction

[0020] Referring now to the drawing Figures in which like reference designators refer to like elements, there is shown in FIG. 1 an exemplary embodiment of the electronic document recordation system 10 of the present invention in its most basic form. Although the inventive process described herein is applicable to any electronic document recordation process, the example shown in the figures relates to an online real estate transaction involving the recordation of an electronic deed.

[0021] System 10 includes computer 15, which stores a software program in its memory that embodies the present invention. Computer 15 is part of a data communications system and may be one or more computers capable of sending and retrieving electronic signals containing information via data communications network 20. Thus, although the term “first” or “source” computer is used when describing the computer that transmits an electronic document and receives a recorded version of the electronic document from t