Q&A
Automatic notifications to homeowners when deeds are recorded
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Colette McCain-Jacques explains the Department of Finance's automatic notification system for recorded documents.
- A notice of recorded document is automatically sent to homeowners whenever a document is recorded on their property
- The notice informs homeowners of activity on their property
- Homeowners are advised to notify the district attorney's office for investigation if the activity is unfamiliar or unauthorized
- 86% of documents recorded with the city registrar are submitted electronically
Colette McCain-Jacques
0:28:16
So this is first off, we do some outreach.
0:28:20
Anytime a document is recorded on a piece of property in New York City, a notice of recorded document automatically goes out to the homeowner, notifying them and letting them know that there's been activity on their property.
0:28:35
And if they are not familiar or this is not something that they did not do, then they should go notify the district attorney's office for investigation.
Crystal Hudson
0:28:48
Okay.
0:28:49
I'd like to also acknowledge that we've been joined by council member Nurse.
0:28:55
Can you describe the trend of deed theft among older New Yorkers over the past 10 years?
Colette McCain-Jacques
0:29:01
I don't have that information.
0:29:03
I'm not keeping that data.
0:29:09
Because when people come in to record documents in our office, we don't ask them how old they are or anything.
0:29:18
We don't capture that information on the documents that were that are required to be submitted in our office.
0:29:24
It does not capture that information at all.
0:29:27
Also, 86% of our documents recorded with the city registrar are recorded electronically.
0:29:34
So, there's no way to keep track of that.
