The Miami Springs Police Department joined The Leonard Real Estate Group to warn residents about the dangers of Title Fraud Theft. According to the Miami Springs Police Department, there has been “several cases in Miami Springs where residents have unknowingly lost ownership of their own property.”
How are Miami Springs homes being stolen?
Fraudsters are forging signatures to file a quick claim deed to steel your home.
How can you protect yourself?
The Miami Springs Police Department and The Leonard Real Estate Group have joined forces to promote a free Title / Property Fraud Alert service provided by Miami-Dade’s Clerk of Court. Â
According to the Clerk of Court, one of their “top priorities is informing and assisting the citizens of Miami-Dade County with concerns about property fraud. Prior to his appointment in June, 2023, Clerk Fernandez-Barquin, as State Representative, was one of the Co-Sponsors of HB 1419 and made effective, in pertinent part, on July 1, 2023, addressing property fraud head-on! These email alerts are in addition to the existing safeguards of mailed courtesy notices since 2005.”
What is Property Fraud?
Property fraud occurs when an individual uses a forged document to sell, transfer or incumber property that does not belong to them. Forged documents may or may not affect the property, however, it may give the appearance to the rest of the world that the status or ownership of the property has been changed. If you believe you have been the victim of property fraud, removing this change from your title can be a complicated process.
Sign up today!
What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Title / Property Fraud alert service online at:
https://www.miamidadeclerk.gov/clerk/property-fraud.page
