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The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office initiated a new free program in recent weeks with the stated goal of helping protect homeowners from potential fraud around property transfers.
Spearheaded by the office’s consumer justice bureau, the “Real Estate Fraud Notification Program” will automatically generate a letter from the DA’s Office any time the title of a property is transferred to another person in the county via a grant deed or quitclaim deed filed with the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.
The proactive initiative aims to ensure homeowners are aware of title transfers and what to do if it is illegitimate, according to DA Pamela Price. The letter will include a copy of the first five pages of the filing that triggered the notification.
“The goal of this program is to protect the most valuable asset a person in Alameda County can have, and that’s their home. All too often, white-collar thieves target the equity earned by seniors in our community who purchased their homes many years ago,” Price said in a press release. “This free program is designed to proactively investigate, prosecute and void any fraudulent transfer.”
The DA’s Office notes online that real estate is something all property owners should be aware of, beyond just fraudulent transfers. Other common illegal activities include identity theft to purchase a house or apply for a home loan, forging signatures and tricking residents to pay for services they don’t need.
To learn more, visit www.alcoda.org/cewpd/real-estate-fraud.
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