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Complete stranger obtains deed to $4M North Carolina home without homeowner's knowledge (abc7ny.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Also, according to North Carolina law, the Register of Deeds does not have a duty to verify the legal sufficiency of a deed when it is presented for registration, nor do they have a duty to verify or inquire as to the legal sufficiency of a notary acknowledgment or the capacity of the drafter.

They really pulled a “not our problem” on what is a massive problem, and blamed it on having to process a bunch of forms per day. Guess what: it’s exactly your job to process a bunch of forms.

I’m impressed at this article for spelling out exactly how little the Register of Deeds needs to follow up on, almost to the point that you could, like, pull some shit. Maybe on, say, someone higher up in the Register of Deeds office and rub it in their dumb faces. Not that anyone should, of course.