I know this has been discussed before but would anyone care to expound on it?  I am familiar w/the rule and along w/that, I use due diligence, common sense and experience when checking names.  However, I have a client who says they want to raise their lien check standards up a bit from that rule.   Say I have a "Helen" Jones.  They want me to check Elaine, Elena, Eleanor Jones. (Guess they forgot Helene!);  Aaron Doe for Erin Doe.  Isn't that going a bit overboard, paranoid?   I don't check all those E names for Helen. Wouldn't some responsibility fall back on the claimant for filing a lien with a first name so far off?