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Find official alerts
Start with a free county recording alert, where available. It can email you when a document matching your registered name is recorded. Alerts do not prevent fraud.
Public records and guided self-check
Property Visibility Report
Explore free public data sources, then use official records, online listings, and alert options to confirm what is current. No account required.
Your three-step self-check
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Check property records
Search official records for loans and liens. For a written summary, ask a title company about an Ownership and Encumbrance (O&E) report for a fee.
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Check online listings
Look for sale or rental ads, photos, and contact details you do not recognize.
Start with your address
Your three-step self-check
Know what to check before you begin.
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Check property records
Review ownership, mailing information, and recorded documents with the county assessor and recorder.
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Check online listings
Look for sale or rental ads, photos, and contact details you do not recognize.
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Find official alerts
Find available recording notifications. Alerts can notify you of documents; they do not prevent fraud.
Enter your address above to see your county-specific links and instructions.
What criminals may look for
What could someone learn about your property?
A single public record may seem harmless. Combined, public details can help someone build a convincing story about a home and its owner. Public visibility is not evidence that you are being targeted.
Ownership names and documents
Names, trusts, business entities, and transfer details can help an impersonator sound informed.
What to review: Look for unfamiliar transfers, documents, or changes in county records.
Apparent property value and loans
Public values and recorded mortgages may suggest financial opportunity, but cannot establish actual equity or current loan balances.
What to review: Confirm unfamiliar recorded loans with the recorder and your lender, not an online estimate.
Mailing address and apparent occupancy
A different mailing address may suggest a rental, second home, or owner who lives elsewhere. It does not prove vacancy.
What to review: Check that your tax mailing address is correct and ask about changes you did not request.
Public contact information
Available names and contact details can make an unsolicited approach seem legitimate.
What to review: Independently verify callers. Knowing your property details does not establish their identity.
Sale and rental listings
Listings expose photos and transaction details. Unauthorized advertisements may be used to solicit money.
What to review: Look for ads you did not authorize, unfamiliar contact details, and copied photos.
Why checking matters
Knowing your property details does not prove someone is legitimate.
Names, tax mailing details, property descriptions, and online photos can help an unsolicited contact sound informed. Reviewing the official record and public listings can help you notice an unfamiliar change, document, or advertisement sooner. Public visibility is not evidence that you are being targeted.
Confirm who you are dealing with through a contact method you found independently.
Exposure is not the same as fraud
Changes worth checking
- A recorded deed or loan you do not recognize.
- A tax mailing-address change you did not request.
- A sale or rental listing you did not authorize.
- Someone requesting money or documents while claiming authority over your property.
An unfamiliar item may be an error, an old record, or legitimate activity. Confirm it with the appropriate office or authorized professional.
Need more official resources?
Use the state resource directory to find Attorney General, real estate regulator, and county recorder information.
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