Granville County Register of Deeds Kathy Taylor has announced the implementation of Cott System’s “PropertyCheck” that will help protect residents from property and mortgage fraud. This service, free to Granville County residents, will send a notification when an official document is recorded on their property. Residents can activate alerts based on their name, property address or parcel number by visiting https://recordhub.cottsystems.com
Property fraud can occur if someone forges your identity, transfers your property in their name, and records the document. This fraudulent activity can make it appear as if that person owns your property – and you may not have any idea that this happened.
The program works in the background of the Granville County Register of Deeds records management software, automatically alerting subscribers if a document with matching name or address is recorded. Property owners will need to create an account, create alerts for their name and/or property address and choose alert preferences – email or text message.
“I also recommend setting up multiple alerts based on first, middle and last name variations and your spouse’s name, to be sure that an alert will be triggered in case a recording happens with some kind of slight variation,” Taylor said. “We hope that this service will give our residents peace of mind to monitor any activity that occurs relating to their name or property at the Granville County Register of Deeds.”
For more information, visit the Granville County Register of Deeds office located within the Granville County Courthouse at 101 Main St., Oxford or visit
