Late Breaking News - In NYC You Can See if Someone Has Posted A Doc Against Your Property

July 6, 2010 the New York City Department of Finance implemented a Notice of Recorded Documents Program.  Owners of property in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, or Staten Island can register to receive notification when a deed or mortgage (or related) document has been recorded against their property. This program was designed to alert registered property owners or their designees when documents are recorded without their knowledge so that they can take steps to attempt to limit the harm caused by such recording.  

An owner’s agent (including a child, spouse, or domestic partner of owner if listed as a designee), the managing agent, the property owner's attorney, the lien holder, and the executor or administrator of the estate of the owner or lien holder of the property may also receive notification if registered. 

To find out more about this program, you can go to the New York City Department of Finance website at www.nyc.gov/finance  or ACRIS webpage at www.nyc.gov/acris and click on the Recorded Document Notification link. to register.