Los Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey Prang has a launched a deed notification system to alert homeowners when a change to their property has been filed with his office.
With the Homeowner Alert Service (e-Notification), you can register your email now to be alerted whenever a foreclosure, transfer of title, or mortgage is recorded on your property with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. This notification allows property owners a means to identify potential real estate fraud activity, such as a fraudulently recorded deed. In the future additional features like submittable forms will become available.
This action comes on the heels of the arrest of Rita Cedeno Ortiz (also known as Rita Ortiz), a 58-year-old Beverly Hills real estate coach, who was arrested and charged with 25 felony counts for filing fraudulent multimillion-dollar mechanics liens…