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Council asks administration to report on title-piracy protections after a reported case
Summary
Councilor Fishbine asked the mayor and administration for an update on steps to protect property owners from title-piracy risks after citing a case where a mortgage appeared to be recorded from another state; the mayor said staff would investigate and possibly add a report to a future agenda.
Councilor Fishbine raised concerns at the June 23 meeting about increasing reports of "title piracy" — fraudulent recordings in land records that can impair property owners’ rights — and asked the administration what protections the town could implement.
Fishbine cited a local incident in which a property owner found a mortgage recorded against their parcel that appeared to have been executed in another state, saying the owner "has never been in North Carolina in my life." He referenced a June 13 article about Connecticut towns exploring protections and asked for an update on what the town’s vendor (Vision, the town’s online-records provider) might offer.
Mayor Dickinson said the administration would look into the services described in the article and follow up; Fishbine asked that the item be placed on a future agenda once the administration had a report. The transcript shows no formal action was taken at the meeting beyond the agreement to pursue a report.
