REGION: Foreclosure scam busted, officials say May 23, 2008
Hutchings and his associates explained to homeowners facing foreclosure during seminars that if they acquired a federal land grant, it would supersede the bank's grant deed and keep them from foreclosure, county officials said. No such land grant program is known to be legitimate, according to the affidavit. (North County Times)
Developer says he wants to fulfill deal for campus Oct 5, 2007
He said he wants to sell the land and donate the grant deed to the college if they haven't signed an agreement with another landowner. But, he said, "The college has to do what they have to do.". (Modesto Bee, CA)
LIVE OAK MOVING FORWARD Apr 7, 2007
-Certificate of acceptance and consent of interest in the real property conveyed by the easement grant deed from KB homes, to the City of Live Oak. (For Pennington Ranch easement). (Gridley Herald, CA)
New player emerges in fraud suits Feb 21, 2007
In most cases, ownership was transferred by grant deed, without a sale price being recorded ... "We signed the grant deeds pursuant to Pacific Wealth's instructions and also relying on the fact that we believed everything represented to us was true and legitimate," Cabrales wrote in the suit ... Cabrales was told his property was being "liquidated," but he said he didn't realize that he was signing grant deeds that would transfer ownership. (North County Times)
Family suspected abuse, mom 'shocked' Dec 11, 2006
The next documented history of his whereabouts is in July 2005, when his name appears on the grant deed of Chandy Mao's west Modesto home. The deed describes Terry Indula and Chandy Mao as "husband and wife as joint tenants.". (Modesto Bee, CA)
Home foreclosures hearing starts Oct 19, 2006
Tammy Wilkinson, 38, covered her face with both hands and sobbed when asked about a grant deed giving her home away for $14,000. Deputy District Attorney Marlisa Ferreira suggested that Wilkinson's signature had been forged. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Historic market artifacts to escape the demolition Jul 9, 2006
Lucille Lor, a former P.I. Market courtesy clerk whose husband, Eulogio Lor, was one of the original partners of the building, according to a 1957 grant deed list of partners, said she would like to see the partners' names etched on the marquee someday. She'll also be on site to monitor the demolition. (Santa Maria Times)
Full Story... Jun 23, 2006
Van Doorn was accused of forging the signature and stamp of notary public Loretta Nesting-Glass on a grant deed with the Laughlins' forged signatures and filing it with the Yuba-County Clerk Clerk-Recorder. The Laughlins didn't know of the transfer at the time, but knew Van Doorn was interested in the property because he had made offers for it, according to Van Doorn's probation report. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Salidans want deed records set straight Jun 13, 2006
An error made on a grant deed filed in the Stanislaus County clerk-recorder's office in October has created a big mess for the owners of 45 properties in Vintner Estates in Salida ... A grant deed is a document that adds names to the ownership of land ... The error was recorded Oct. 28, the day that Angelica Hernandez filed a grant deed adding Jose L. Hernandez, her new husband, to a home she owns in Vintner Estates. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Ask Realty Times May 13, 2006
If both of them transfer this property to his niece by grant deed and after some time the niece gets a mortgage under her name, will the uncle be liable for a gift tax and will the niece have to pay an extra tax due to re-assessment. Answer: Go no further with this. (RealtyTimes)
