Grayson County property owners who worry about someone filing a fake deed or lien against their land have a free early-warning tool, and county commissioners are set on Monday to keep paying for it.
The Commissioners Court agenda for Oct. 5 includes a renewal and amendment of the County Clerk's agreement with Neumo for its Property Alert program. Under the renewal, the county pays an annual subscription fee of $3,000 for a term running from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2026.
The service started under an agreement that took effect May 25, 2023, and had been set to expire at the end of 2025. Neumo was formerly known as GovOS.
How the alerts work
The alert is free to residents. According to the County Clerk's search portal, a user can sign up to receive an email whenever their personal name, or a business or entity name, appears in a real property filing in Grayson County.
The portal says those filings can be routine, like a tax lien or a lien release, but they can also be attempts to fraudulently affect who owns a property.
There are two ways to set one up on the portal at grayson.tx.publicsearch.us/property-alert:
- Keyword alert: enter one or more names or other keywords to watch.
- Document alert: find an existing recorded document and choose the Property Alert option to be notified about related filings.
