A joint press conference was held on Monday, October 24, 2022, where the Honorable Stacie D. Harvey (Baker), the Honorable Tara S. Green (Clay), the Honorable Jody Phillips (Duval), the Honorable John A. Crawford (Nassau), the Honorable Matt Reynolds (Putnam), and the Honorable Brandon Patty (St. Johns), promoted and urged property homeowners to subscribe to the free property fraud alert services offered by each Clerk’s office.
Property fraud is when an individual illegally uses your property for financial gain. An example of this is when a scammer creates a fraudulent document that deeds your home to them and then records that document in a county’s official records. “Northeast Florida Clerks are united to fight property fraud across the region, as criminals don’t stop at the county line,” said Clerk Patty.
For more information on how northeast Florida Clerks and Comptrollers are combating property and mortgage fraud and to access to the press release, click here.