Free Property Fraud Alerts for Wilson County Property Owners

If someone records a document against your property in Wilson County, you'd want to know about it right away. Now there's a free way to find out. Barbara Peterson of Texas Ranch & Home explains it in the short video below.

The Wilson County Clerk and GovOS offer a free service called Property Alert. Once you sign up, you get an email any time your personal name or your business name is used in a real property filing in Wilson County.

The County Clerk describes real property fraud as someone recording documents against your property for financial gain, or to take over ownership without your knowledge. The Clerk calls it a fast-growing crime, as damaging as identity theft, with the added risk of losing your property.

The alert watches the county's property records for your name and emails you when a document is recorded. That gives you an early warning, so you can act quickly if a filing isn't yours.

The county is clear that it won't prevent fraud by itself. It tells you something happened. If you get an alert you don't recognize, call the Wilson County Clerk's office, and talk to a real estate attorney about your next step.

Go to wilson.tx.publicsearch.us/property-alert and create an alert with your name, and with your business name if you hold property in an LLC or other entity. It's free.

The County Clerk's office is in the Wilson County Courthouse, 1420 3rd Street, Floresville, and you can reach the courthouse at (830) 393-7300.

If you own land or a home in Wilson County and you're thinking about what it's worth or whether to sell, we're glad to help. Call Barbara Peterson at (210) 540-6487 about homes, or James Peterson ALC at (210) 740-1295 about land, or send us a message.