This is mostly to fulfill my curiosity. ![:D]( "Very Happy")
The county recorder's office (in the place I live) records Quit Claim Deed without checking any identification of the person recording the document. They do not hold any legal responsibility to ensure validity of the document, so they do not even check if the notary stamp is valid. And other thing is that QCD does not specify anything other than the name for grantor and grantee's identity. When QCD is recorded, the county does not notify current owner.
While notary check the name of grantor to see if it matches his/her identification, the notary official doesn't even record the identification number like driver license. And notary does not even provide any way to ensure what he/she has seen remains as-is when the document is used along with notary stamp when the stamp is on the other page if the document is multiple pages.
I can see a lot of room for fraudulent title transfer compared to what happens in the country I am from. Back in the country I am from, this kind of title transfer requires government identification for both grantor and grantee and official personal stamp validation, etc and the paper includes personal registration number (something like SSN) so that it cannot be confused with other person with the same name.
What am I missing here? How is this seemly inadequate system in use to transfer property title?
The county recorder's office (in the place I live) records Quit Claim Deed without checking any identification of the person recording the document. They do not hold any legal responsibility to ensure validity of the document, so they do not even check if the notary stamp is valid. And other thing is that QCD does not specify anything other than the name for grantor and grantee's identity. When QCD is recorded, the county does not notify current owner.
While notary check the name of grantor to see if it matches his/her identification, the notary official doesn't even record the identification number like driver license. And notary does not even provide any way to ensure what he/she has seen remains as-is when the document is used along with notary stamp when the stamp is on the other page if the document is multiple pages.
I can see a lot of room for fraudulent title transfer compared to what happens in the country I am from. Back in the country I am from, this kind of title transfer requires government identification for both grantor and grantee and official personal stamp validation, etc and the paper includes personal registration number (something like SSN) so that it cannot be confused with other person with the same name.
What am I missing here? How is this seemly inadequate system in use to transfer property title?
Statistics: Posted by shjin — Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:45 am — Replies 10 — Views 683