Recording Division

Property Fraud Alert

Records Building - 500 Elm Street, Suite 2100, Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: (214) 653-7099
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (except for court approved holidays)

If you believe you are a victim of property fraud, use these guidelines to comply with the requirements in Texas Government Code 51.9035.

1. Complete the Owner’s Affidavit Regarding Purported Conveyance and submit to the county clerk’s office for recording. You are required to attach the 'purported fraudulent document used to convey title'.
2. You are required to mail (certified mail) to the person who claims to own the property, a letter notifying them of the filing, a copy of the recorded Owner’s Affidavit and the purported fraudulent deed. (The Certified Mail Receipt will be your proof of mailing.)
3. Complete the Certificate of Mailing of Owner’s Affidavit Regarding Purported Conveyance along with proof of mailing the Owner’s Affidavit and the letter, then submit it to the county clerk’s office for recording.
   
   
   [Note: There is no fees required to record these documents.]
4. After 120 days since the recording of the Certificate of Mailing, … you should then file with the District Clerk’s Office the Petition for Judicial Review of Document or Instrument Purporting to Convey Title to or an Interest in Real Property along with the Judicial Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law. The Petition will be placed on the district courts miscellaneous docket for a hearing. [Address for the district clerk: 600 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75052.]
5. Once the judge has ruled on the petition, the judge will complete the Judicial Findings and Conclusion of Law. You should request from the district clerk’s office, a “Certified Copy” of the Judicial Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law and record it with the county clerk’s office. [Address for the county clerk: 500 Elm St, Ste. 2100, Dallas, TX 75052.]
   
   
   [Note: There is no fee required to file with the district clerk (Gov’t Code 51.9035 (2)(e)) and no fee to record with the county clerk. Gov’t Code 51.9035 (2)(g)]

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