What DeedShield is, and isn't.

DeedShield IS

• A monitoring service. We watch the county recorder for new documents filed against your parcel and tell you when one appears.
• An alert service. Email and SMS when something changes.
• A guided remediation workflow. If a filing looks wrong, we walk you through the steps to investigate and respond.
• An evidence-packet generator. A timestamped PDF you can hand to an attorney, the recorder, or law enforcement.

DeedShield is NOT

• Insurance.Not title insurance, not “title lock insurance” (which, per the FTC’s 2024 consumer alert, is not actually a thing). If a fraudulent transfer cloud’s your title, DeedShield will alert you, but it cannot reimburse you for damages. For that, you need title insurance, which is a separate product offered by licensed title insurers.
• A way to block recording. County recorders accept documents that appear facially valid. Neither DeedShield nor any other private service can prevent a fraudulent deed from being recorded — recording is a ministerial, government function. We detect after the fact, then help you respond fast.
• Legal advice. We surface attorneys; we are not one. If you have a legal question, talk to a licensed real-estate attorney in your state.
• A guarantee of county data accuracy. County recording systems are public records. They can be delayed, incomplete, or wrong. We surface what they publish, when they publish it.

Why the distinction matters

Several large incumbents in this space have been sued by state attorneys general and the FTC for marketing “title lock” products as if they prevented fraud or provided insurance. They do neither. We want to be very clear that DeedShield is the honest version: we monitor, we alert, we help you respond. That’s it.

What to do if you suspect fraud

1. Pull the filing from the county recorder (we link to it in the alert).
2. If you don’t recognize it, open an incident in DeedShield — the wizard covers the next steps including contacting an attorney, your title insurance carrier (if you have one), local law enforcement, and your state AG’s deed-theft hotline.
3. The evidence packet we generate is the artifact you hand to professionals. It contains the document, our scoring, your notes, and a chain-of-custody timestamp.

If you need real legal help right now

Contact a real-estate attorney in your state. Many state bar associations have free referral lines. We also surface state-specific deed-theft hotlines on the recorder directory page.