Q: How do I find out about a property that's been transferred to my mom's name?
I just found out that my grandmother had dementia and can't remember much. I recently learned that my grandma had put her house in my mom's name. Her son Ronnie (my sperm donor), his girlfriend and my uncle Tim are all living under her roof and haven't taken her to a hospital in fear of losing their house. Im sick to my stomach to think of the selfishness, anyways how can I find out more information about this property? I have the ownership transfer document number and tax ID
A: You can go to the local county recorder's office and look up the deed and obtain a copy by paying a copy fee per page. If you are unable to do that, you can hire almost any real estate paralegal or attorney to obtain a copy for you. Some real estate agents have the ability to do this as well. All title companies have the ability to do this. Finally, there are online services you can use to pull copies of deeds for a fee. Some are subscription-based, so that would not work well when you only want one deed. Some charge by the document or by the page.
A: Hi. You can check with your County Recorder's office to request/download all documents. There are also online real property document retrieval services that you can order the docs through and they are downloadable immediately. And, I would check your county assessor to see the tax and assessment history. I hope this helps.
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