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Fraud Land Titles

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Scammers are Seeking to Steal Your Property Using Wild Deeds

Could someone transfer your property ownership away from you without your knowledge? One scam takes advantage of the fact that California County Recorders do not vet the contents of deeds to ensure validity: an individual...more

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Protect Your Property: Register for Florida’s Title Fraud Alert Service

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Title fraud in Florida has increased significantly in recent years. This type of fraud typically involves a person forging a deed to transfer someone else’s real property to a shell company formed by the fraudster. The...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Can A Medallion Signature Guarantee Protect Your Property?

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We are all familiar with commercials and ads warning real estate owners (“Owners”) of title theft. What is described as title theft occurs when a fraudster forges an Owner’s name on a deed transferring real estate to...more

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Beaufort County, South Carolina Property Fraud Alert Now Available

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Property owners in Beaufort County, South Carolina may register at no charge to receive alerts from Beaufort County Register of Deeds regarding possible fraudulent activity involving their property. The sign-up page for...more

Gray Reed

Fake Mineral Leases Thwarted by the Texas Legislature

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The 2019 Texas legislature enacted a new Property Code Section 5.152 to protect mineral and royalty owners from a certain species of fraudulent transactions perpetrated on trusting and/or naïve and/or out of state mineral...more

Hogan Lovells

Proptech Decoded – Pulling the chain on traditional land registration?

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HM Land Registry is currently looking into the potential use of blockchain technology as part of its Digital Street project.  This supports HM Land Registry’s aim to “become the world’s leading land registry for speed,...more

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Fraud Claim Rejected for Unreasonable Reliance

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The ruling from the Supreme Court of Texas in JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al v. Orca Assets, G.P., L.L.C. was foreseeable. Experienced energy professionals who pass on the opportunity to examine title for themselves are...more

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An Oil Patch Morality Play – Part 2

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We recently discussed Freeman v. Harleton. The opinion shows the transaction as a bunco job. Here’s more: Bufkin and Wayne Freeman have done business together since the 1980s. They had a co-development agreement with...more

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An Oil Patch Morality Play – Part 1

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You are selling properties. The buyer thinks you own the deep rights but you know your long-time partner owns them. You attend the closing. You don’t tell the buyer that he’s got the ownership wrong. You are protected by a...more

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