Lubbock County residents can sign up for a new email alert designed to flag one of the most sensitive kinds of paperwork that can appear under their name: a deed, lien, or other property-related filing.<\/p>\n
County officials say Fraud Notify is intended to serve as an early warning when a suspicious document is recorded in Lubbock County property records, KCBD<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Here’s what to know<\/p>\n Through Tyler Technologies, Lubbock County has introduced Fraud Notify, an alert system that automatically emails people when a recorded property document in the county contains the name they registered.<\/p>\n According to KCBD, the notifications cover deeds, deeds of trust, liens, and notices filed in Lubbock County.<\/p>\n Court case filings are excluded from the service.<\/p>\n The County Clerk’s office warns that property fraud is a growing white-collar crime in which someone files real estate documents to claim ownership for financial gain.<\/p>\n By sending a notice after a filing is recorded, the system helps residents spot questionable documents before they enter county records unnoticed.<\/p>\n More background<\/p>\n The program is based on name registration.<\/p>\n After signing up, a person gets an email whenever the clerk’s office records a filing that includes the name they submitted.<\/p>\n The document types identified by the county \u2014 deeds, deeds of trust, liens, and notices \u2014 can affect ownership records, financing records, or claims tied to a property.<\/p>\n The county also made clear that receiving an alert is only the first step.<\/p>\n As the clerk’s office said in information cited by KCBD, anyone who gets one still needs to inspect the filing at 904 Broadway, Room 207, in Lubbock, or buy a copy for closer review.<\/p>\n Fraud Notify is available to the public through Tyler Technologies.<\/p>\n As noted in the clerk’s announcement, people can enroll through the County Clerk section of the Lubbock County website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where can I learn more?<\/p>\n Homeowners sorting through property paperwork may run into other red flags that show up by mail or in notices. Here are a few examples involving insurance notices and HOA conflicts.<\/p>\n \u2022 In California, homeowners say bizarre nonrenewal notices<\/a> raised concerns about dishonest insurance practices.<\/p>\n \u2022 A homeowner accused an HOA of tampering with property<\/a> by disabling an outdoor outlet.<\/p>\n \u2022 One HOA sent a cease-and-desist letter<\/a> after backing out of an HVAC approval.<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips, smart advice, and a chance to earn $5,000 toward home upgrades. To see more stories like this one, change your Google preferences here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lubbock County residents can sign up for a new email alert designed to flag one of the most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-466326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}