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by jedberg 2533 days ago
Most counties redact your name from their public website. But they don’t actually need that anyway. Your credit report has the address of the house and how much you owe on the mortgage.

And the credit agencies will sell your info to anyone.
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ehnto 2533 days ago
There are also call center programs that call specifically to fill in those details. You answer, they ask who they are speaking to, then click, they're gone.
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dredmorbius 2533 days ago
Source?
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vonmoltke 2533 days ago
> Most counties redact your name from their public website.

In what state? Dallas County (TX) and Broward County (FL) don't. Nor does New Jersey (we have a unified system for all 22 counties). In Dallas County I can even see the names of everyone who owned a property for the previous five years as well.

Edit: s/Not/Nor/

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jedberg 2533 days ago
In California I’ve never found a county that lists the property owner online. The only way to get the owner is to go to the county recorders office and look it up there.
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toast0 2533 days ago
Califironia has a law against state and local government displaying name and address of elected officials (and maybe some others?). California counties have decided it's easier to just not show any names on online property taz records than figure out who is an elected official.
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