{"id":86414,"date":"2017-04-13T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86414"},"modified":"2017-04-13T08:04:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:04:30","slug":"recorder-warns-of-property-deed-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/13\/recorder-warns-of-property-deed-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Recorder warns of property deed letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

Van Wert County Recorder Kim Hughes warns county residents of a deed purchase scam.\u00a0Hughes said her several county residents have contacted her office as a result of receiving letters soliciting them to purchase a copy of their property deed.<\/p>\n

One of the companies sending out letters is located in Columbus and refers to itself as \u201cLocal Records Office\u201d, and the other company, called \u201cFirst Documents,\u201d is located in Corona, California. The mailings are made to look as if they are from an official government records office, but are not. The companies offer to obtain a copy of a person\u2019s property deed for a fee of between $83 and $89.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wording in the letter implies that you may pay up to $89 for a copy of your deed at the Recorder\u2019s Office, which is very misleading,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cCopies of your deed can be obtained anytime from the Recorder\u2019s Office at a cost of 25 cents per page. A typical deed is two pages and costs 50 cents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hughes added that any deed recorded after January 1993 can be viewed and copied for free from the Recorder\u2019s website at www.uslandrecords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ohio Recorders Association, to which Hughes belongs, is actively in support of proposed state legislation to regulate the solicitation of property deeds, while adding this instance is not the first time deed solicitation letters have been reported in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease remember that, once your deed is filed with the Recorder\u2019s Office, it is a permanent record of your ownership and protects your property rights,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cIt makes no difference whether you have a copy, or even the original deed, in your possession; your rights of ownership are safe and secure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents of Van Wert County should contact the Recorder\u2019s Office for further information or assistance at 419.238.2558, or email recorder@vanwertcounty.org<\/a>. The office is located in Room 206 of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 122 E. Main St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

Any solicitation letters brought to the Recorder\u2019s Office will be forwarded on to the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office for review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information Van Wert County Recorder Kim Hughes warns county residents of a deed purchase scam.\u00a0Hughes said her several county residents have contacted her office as a result of receiving letters soliciting them to purchase a copy of their property deed. One of the companies sending out letters is located in Columbus and refers to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 04:47:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}