Protect Your Home From Deed & Title Fraud
Your home may be your largest asset. Arizona offers free tools that can help alert you to suspicious real estate activity involving your property.
Two Free Tools Arizona Homeowners Should Know About
Signing up only takes a few minutes. Start with the official government resources available for your property.
Arizona Early Real Estate Sales Alert System (ERAS)
Arizona’s Early Real Estate Sales Alert System is a free fraud-mitigation service provided by the Arizona Department of Real Estate.
Property owners can register their property and receive an email or text notification when an escrow officer enters a pending real estate sale into the system that matches their registered information.
Tip: Having your Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) handy makes registration faster. You can find it on your county assessor’s website.
Good to know: ERAS is a voluntary alert system and is not a comprehensive registry of every Arizona real estate transaction.
Register My Property → (opens official Arizona government website in a new tab)Official Arizona Government Website · earlyalert.azre.gov
Maricopa Title Alert
The Maricopa County Recorder offers a free notification service that can alert you when a document containing a name you monitor is recorded with the County Recorder.
This provides another layer of awareness for homeowners who want to keep an eye on documents being recorded under their name.
Own property in another Arizona county? The Maricopa Title Alert page links to recording-alert sign-ups offered by other Arizona county recorders.
Activate Title Alerts → (opens official Maricopa County website in a new tab)Official Maricopa County Website · recorder.maricopa.gov
What Is Deed Fraud?
Deed or title fraud generally involves someone using forged, fraudulent, or unauthorized documents in an attempt to change, transfer, encumber, or otherwise interfere with ownership of real property.
Know what’s happening with your property — and look into activity you don’t recognize.
Unexpected Sale Activity
You receive notice of a sale you never authorized.
Unknown Recorded Document
A deed, lien, or other document appears that you don’t recognize.
Someone Claims Ownership
You receive correspondence or discover records suggesting someone else has claimed an interest in your property.
Arizona Title & Escrow Resources
If you have questions about your title, title insurance, recorded documents, or a suspicious real estate transaction, an established title company may also be able to help you understand the next step.
First American Title
In 2026, First American announced a free property title monitoring and fraud-alert service for eligible customers in Arizona and other participating states.
Eligibility requirements apply. The service is tied to eligible residential transactions insured by First American Title — check their site for current details.
Learn About Title MonitoringPioneer Title Agency
Arizona title and escrow company with offices throughout the state.
Visit Pioneer TitleSecurity Title Agency
Arizona title, escrow, recording and related real estate services.
Visit Security TitleFidelity National Title Agency — Arizona
Arizona title insurance and real estate services with locations throughout Greater Phoenix.
Visit Fidelity TitleStewart Title
Title and escrow services with Arizona offices.
Visit Stewart TitleNote: Services, eligibility, monitoring programs, title-insurance coverage and fraud assistance vary by company and customer. Contact the company directly to determine what assistance is available for your property. Companies are listed as general Arizona resources; RE+AZ is not affiliated with and does not endorse any of them.
Received an Alert You Don’t Recognize?
Don’t ignore it. Verify what happened.
Save the alert and document information.
Take screenshots and save emails, text messages, recording numbers, names, dates and other relevant information.
Verify the recording.
Check the official County Recorder records rather than relying on information contained in an unsolicited email, text message or phone call.
Contact the appropriate County Recorder.
Ask how to obtain and review the actual recorded document.
Contact your title company or title insurer.
If you have an owner’s title insurance policy or recently completed a transaction, contact the appropriate title company directly using independently verified contact information.
Report suspected fraud.
If you believe someone has forged documents, impersonated you, or fraudulently transferred or attempted to transfer your property, contact the appropriate law-enforcement and Arizona authorities.
Never use a phone number, payment link, or login link contained in a suspicious message claiming there is a problem with your property.Instead, independently navigate to the government agency, county recorder, title company, bank, or other organization involved.
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Real Estate + Arizona provides this page for general educational purposes. RE+AZ is not a government agency, title insurer, law firm, law-enforcement agency or fraud-monitoring service. Information on this page is not legal advice. Government programs, eligibility requirements, URLs and services may change. If you believe you are the victim of fraud or have a legal dispute involving ownership of real property, contact the appropriate government agency, law-enforcement agency, title insurer and/or a qualified Arizona attorney.
Resource links last verified September 2026.