Would having title insurance prevent that sort of fraud? Does anyone know?
In the article it says traditional title insurance doesn’t prevent identity fraud. They don’t say if there is a non-traditional kind you can get that will.
It does say the town of Fairfield has a fraud alert you can sign up for on their web site. Any times there is some action on the property you will be notified. I’m not sure if most towns or counties have that.
My experience with title policies is that they are not worth the paper they are printed on. But at least the title company makes a pile of money off of it.