That $19.95-a-Month “Title Lock” Ad? The FTC Says It’s Not a Lock. Here’s the Free Version Your County Already Runs.
Deed theft is real — a 92-year-old Brooklyn homeowner lost a $950,000 house to a forged deed. But the $19.95-a-month “title lock” ad isn’t the fix: the FTC says it’s not a lock and not insurance. Your county recorder likely sends the same alert for $0, and Arizona just built one that warns you before a sale closes.