There is no official SB 17 form. Here is what closers use instead.

The three paths in the Stewart bulletin

1. Obtain proof of the purchaser's status. Passport, permanent resident card, or entity ownership documents, kept in the file. 2. Take the Purchaser's Affidavit and Indemnification Agreement. The buyer swears to the facts and indemnifies the insurer. 3. Take a Schedule B exception. The policy excludes loss from an SB 17 violation.

Ask your own underwriter. Bulletins differ, and the bulletin controls, not this page.

What the affidavit does not do

An affidavit records what the buyer said. It does not record what you did with it. If the buyer is an entity, the affidavit usually does not list the people who control it, and it does not show whether any of those names appear on a United States sanctions list.

What a ParcelClear record adds

The buyer's answers to the SB 17 questionnaire, the control-person tree for an entity or trust buyer with the reviewer's attestation that it is complete, an OFAC SDN and Consolidated screen of every name with the list date, the rule version that evaluated the answers and its result (NO RULE TRIGGERED, HOLD, or REPORT), a reviewer, a timestamp, and a SHA-256 hash with a public verify link. One PDF for the file.

What it does not do

It does not decide whether the buyer may purchase. It does not replace the affidavit or the exception. It does not file anything with the Attorney General. The licensed professional and the underwriter decide.

Chapter 67

The Attorney General published proposed rules on March 27, 2026. They are not adopted. They would define reasonable due diligence and a complaint duty for facilitating entities. Until they are adopted, nobody has that duty. The files closed this year will be read under whatever is adopted. A dated record is how you show what you knew when you closed.