I found three mistakes in the clerks office in the last two weeks. I will be the first to admit--this TERRIFIES me! First there was a mortgage that was indexed with the wrong property description in both the books, and in the computer. Next, there was a reinscription for a mortgage that was stamped cancelled two years prior to the reinscription. Then today, I'm looking for a particular mortgage--can't find it! I call my client, and after a while, they call me back with some recording info. It turns out that when this mortgage was indexed, the first and last names were switched. And I can't stand it that when I bring this to the clerks attention, they just change it without making any kind of notation that anything was ever indexed incorrectly. Can anyone tell me what the clerks accountability is in a situation like this? If/when any of you find mistakes, and notify the clerk, do they just fix it to look like a mistake was never made? I can't help but think about the poor abstractor that comes in to do his/her update, and is faced with that big surprise! It isn't right that the abstractor is made to look like a fool for a mistake made by someone in the clerks office!
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