Technology has completely changed the way we handle official documents like real estate deeds or legal forms. Instead of tons ...

Fraud and forgeries are on the rise in Florida. Forged deeds and mortgages are one of the biggest concerns when reviewing a ...

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NEW YORK — 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, also ...

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On May 7, 2024, the Tubervilles filed a quit claim deed in Lee County, taking Tucker Tuberville’s name off the Auburn house and adding Tommy Tuberville to the new deed.

Court employees say this is the largest growing kind of white-collar crime in the state: forging property deed paperwork as an attempt to steal someone's home.

The FBI explained that quitclaim deed fraud or home title theft involves fraudsters who forge documents in order to transfer ownership of a person’s home or other property. By doing so, these ...

To help combat the threat, each county’s recorder of deeds has launched free monitoring services to alert residents to activity involving their property.