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You!
Recording Hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm, Monday
- Friday
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advance, please contact Customer Service at 978-542-1704
FOR INFORMATION
ON THE NEW HOMESTEAD LAW CLICK HERE
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homestead
News
Alert!!!
The
Mass General Laws Acts of 2012 have amended the Declaration of
Homestead form to provide protection from foreclosure for
deployed service members.
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here for more information or
Click here for
our Homestead FAQs
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Consumer
Alert!!!
Tax
Lien Scam
Please
be advised that companies are contacting property owners and
implying that "a substantial tax lien" has been
recorded at the Registry of Deeds against their property.
These companies are offering to assist property owners to locate
and release these liens for a considerable fee. the
Registry of deeds will assist you in locating these documents at
no cost to you. should a lien be found we will explain the
steps necessary to release the lien. Please contact
customer service at 978-542-1704 with any additional questions.
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News
Alerts!
"Register of
Deeds will continue to go after $1.3M in restitution from 'robosigner'"
Click
here to read the article from February 6 in the Eagle Tribune
"Southern
register of deeds seeks restitution"
Click
here to read the article from January 20 in the Newburyport News
CBS
NEWS: Homeowners, advocates want bank reps jailed for
foreclosure fraud
Click
here to view the article and interview 9/5/2012
FEMA
has released new flood maps as of 7/3/2012
Click
here to view them at fema.gov
attorney
General Martha Coakley issues information regarding
mortgage loans
Click
here to read the information
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CONSUMER
ALERTs!!!
Register
O'Brien warns of settlement scam
People have been receiving scam phone calls
claiming to have information for consumers eligible to receive
money from the mortgage settlement. It is unknown if the
callers are posing as bank employees or as a third party working
on behalf of the banks, but they are asking for consumers' bank
account information in order to direct deposit the money.
Borrowers should contact their mortgage servicers directly in
order to obtain information on what they may qualify for under
the settlement. Register O'Brien wants to remind you to
always be cautious when discussing personal information over the
phone.
Recording
Scam
Be
advised that banks have been sending out letters offering to
record your discharge for a fee of $150. You may record
the discharge yourself by bringing it in or mailing it to the
Registry of Deeds with a check for $75. Please contact
customer service at 978-542-1704 with any additional questions.
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To
search the 31,783 robo-signed documents,
click
here
If you are a
victim of robosigning, contact our customer service department
at 978-542-1704 to ask about receiving an affidavit as proof
that a document being used to take your home contains a
fraudulent or surrogate signed document
To
read the McDonnell Property Analytics Audit of the Essex South
Registry of Deeds Click
Here
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To
read older news stories click
here
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for a Homestead Form or Click Here for a Trust Homestead Form. For any questions please contact our
Customer Service Department at 978-542-1704 or via email
at southernessexcustomerservice@sec.state.ma.us
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