Chair Lee on deed fraud notification and recorded document program
Lee asks about additional protections beyond the current notice of recorded document program, referencing her bill passed last year. Commissioner Lee says the Deed Theft Prevention Office is examining recording processes and needed legislative changes to pause suspicious recordings, and offers to review her legislation.
Okay, last question.
I passed a bill requiring notifications when deeds or mortgages are recorded against someone's property.
In your racial equity plan, you included a long-term goal of increasing participation in the notice of recorded document program to protect homeowners from deed fraud.
Given the prevalence of deed theft, obviously this administration takes that seriously.
concerns in communities of color and among elderly homeowners, what additional protections or outreach initiatives is the Department of Finance considering beyond the current program?
And I just wanted to understand how that notice differs from the bill that I passed.
If it's the same thing, if it's something different, just wanted to understand.
I'm happy to look at the bill one more time just to see if there's any differences, but I would say one of the key components of the Deaf Prevention Office is to look at a lot of these linkages, right?
How are properties being recorded?
What happens during that process?
What legislative changes need to be made in order to pause these recordings if we think that there is some sort of fraud going on?
And how do we improve upon the processes internally, working with investigations in the sheriff's office, plus other divisions within the Department of Finance.
I have to look at the bill that you are proposing one more time to see if there's something that we can include, but the recording of these is something that we are highly...
That was last year when we passed all our bills, Mr.
Chair.
Package of bills that passed through department, not department, but goes to your department, passed through the finance division last year.
Then I'm happy to take a look at the legislation.
Okay.
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