Woman accused of using Quit Deed Claims to illegally transfer homes

Woman accused of using Quit Deed Claims to illegally transfer homes

[coreilove]

This happened to me at my grandmother's house that I inherited, I caught it at the last minute. I just happened to go to the County Assessers Office to make a payment for the taxes, they told me my name was not on the house and someone else owned my house. I was wondering why I was not getting any correspondence about my house in over two years, they told me they were sending it to someone in Vegas! I was floored, I sat there in disbelief with tears rolling down my face because it was the only thing I had left of my mother's and grandmother, ( they both had passed away ) and it was my childhood home. This nice African American lady was working there and saw how defeated I was and came from behind the counter and hugged me, she told me to wait until she was on break and she would help me. She sat down with me and walked me through everything I needed to do so I wouldn't loose the house. This happened to me about 10 years ago. This taught me that even though there is some bad folks out there preying on people, there is also still good people.

[joeldriver]

Any sort of a quit claim deed, if being notarized, should require both parties to be there with several forms of IDs. That's absolutely ridiculous this criminal was able to do that.

[gracevicki]

This type of crime falls under ruining someone's life. In many cases their life's work. Stealing someone's life should equate to murder ...

[BizotonBoy]

So, to cash even a $1 check ID is required at the bank, but you can quitclaim a property deed with no ID required as long as the signature looks okay. Incredible. And there's no effort being made to change the procedures.

[georgehuerta]

This is absolutely horrifying that somebody can literally just take your home this loophole needs to be closed and brought to the attention of the powers to be to make these changes how does this not require some type of ID.

[FingerprintingGurus]

I am a mobile notary I get lots of calls for Quit Claim Deeds from general public. I never accept the assignment. I only take on these assignments directly from an attorney or title company. I fear this exact thing happen to individuals when called.

[rlzmaxFACTS]

This is the issue with this problem. The notary should be charged too because they make the documents legal with their stamp. The notary is the key to this criminal act to make this possible. These thieves can't do It without the documents being notarized. It's amazing how stupid the legal system is to not charge them all for crimes like this 😐😴

[lyric]

The register’s office needs to change the requirements for acceptable quit claim deeds.

[boyasia]

The city office should be more strict to protect the public by requiring the applicant proof of ownership like mortgage loan documents, monthly payment statements, property titles and insurance, not solely on an i.d.
The protection of its citizens is foremost .

[antoniodelrio]

Sounds like someone down at the deed office is in on it.

[eszhjko]

People who do this deserve 20+ years in prison. No parole

[shakeydatowl]

She learned from somebody… that’s all that needs to be said. How many others are out there with this knowledge that hasn’t been caught yet? This happened to my neighbor in 2008. He didn’t know it until someone showed up to move in his house and their dog got loose in our yard. We asked him how to get in contact with his new tenants, and he said “what tenants?”

[ronglin]

State law should change to that a quit claim deed shouldn't be allowed, only a lawyer signature and notarized is allowed to transfer property that has a city property tax value of $100 or More. This kind of fraud is becoming to common in digital age. States senator should act to fix it.

[blkimble]

That should be scary as hell for home owners. They should implement a department that makes a call to ALL home owners at the number on file any time these type changes are made to property deeds. All home owners should be required to have a phone number associated with the deed on file.

[iamgodsgift]

All I'm saying is That's dangerous, and you can lose your life taking people property they worked hard for.

[cinnamonsunshine]

They need to add a simple step of sending information to the listed owner. Problem solved

[sayless]

Question??
Why can't the city give them a copy of the quick claim to fill out in the office and still check ID in the process?
Memphis you gotta do better!!!

[janicerogers]

Meanwhile, she could've used this same creativity to attain LEGAL gainful employment....🤦🏾‍♀️

[naturelove]

It's crazy people can do this with property but to get my driver's license renewed I need to bring in a book detailing my life!

[yeverett]

This can and does happen but as soon as the legal owner informs the county and shows proof that they are the legal owner the county must transfer the property back to their name. The onus is on the county to prevent fraud, not the property owner.