Home Title Fraud Exposed: Protect Your Ownership Now
Is home title fraud real? It's rare but alarmingly easy, explains Los Angeles real-estate attorney Andre Clark. Someone can forge a grant or quitclaim deed in your name, have a corrupt notary certify it, and record a transfer—since title companies verify the prior owner but not the signature. Owners often discover it only via a changed property-tax bill.
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Answered by Andre Clark · Los Angeles / San Bernardino County, CA
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Is home title fraud real?
It's rare but alarmingly easy—someone can forge a deed in your name and record a transfer, since title companies verify the prior owner but not the signature.
What role does a notary play?
A corrupt notary can certify the forged deed, lending it enough legitimacy to be recorded.
How do owners discover it?
Often only through a changed property-tax bill, since the fraudulent transfer can otherwise go unnoticed for years.
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