The Dallas County clerk hopes a bill passed Tuesday begins to empower more North Texans. While the Texas Legislature works to wrap up a second special session by this weekend, Tuesday marked a step ...
To combat the fraudsters who run title theft scams, states are working to put laws on their books.
(NewsNation) — Unsuspecting homeowners are discovering their properties have been sold out from under them in a scam that authorities say is becoming more common: Quitclaim deed fraud. The scheme, ...
Starting Sept. 1, two new Texas laws—Senate Bills 1734 and 693—will take aim at reversing loopholes in the state’s property laws that have allowed bad actors to steal ownership of homes with alarming ...
Arizonans should be aware of a recent decision from the Arizona Supreme Court that increases consequences for unsuspecting victims of deed fraud. Deeds are official documents that memorialize the ...
While it’s not common, real estate deed fraud is on the rise across Indiana and the United States. Our definition comes from the FBI: “Deed fraud often involves identity theft where criminals will use ...
EquityProtect has launched a quarterly Scorecard tracking deed theft and title fraud legislation across all 50 states, ranking them from enacted criminal penalties to no action. Sixteen states have no ...
To stop a form of deed fraud, Philadelphia has rolled out new technology that will verify if the signatory was alive at the time of the transfer of ownership. Mayor Cherelle Parker introduced the ...
When most of us think of theft, we imagine car break-ins or stolen credit cards — not someone snatching the deed to your family home. But that’s exactly what happened to Josh, a New York resident who ...
The Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds Office is warning property owners after several recent fraud attempts involving ...
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