Tag: heirs property
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Deed Theft News: Brooklyn Case Shows Why Facts Matter
It’s called deed theft, title fraud, house stealing, or title piracy. At its simplest, it involves the recording of a deed or other property document that appears to transfer ownership without the true owner’s permission. In some cases, criminals forge signatures, impersonate owners, or use false identities to record documents that appear valid on their…
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Dividing the Deed: Pennsylvania Follows New Jersey Into Partition Law Reforms
Pennsylvania deed holders who die without a will leave their homes to be passed on in court. In some cases, by the time someone in the family line resorts to the court system, heirs have scattered near and far. The heirs could lose land to corporations — land that belonged to the generations. New Jersey…
