brother in law has forged my signature with land registy to transfer house into his n

Richard_Webster

I would also check with the Land Registry - it may be possible to put a restriction on preventing a disposition without your consent. This might help as a temporary measure until the issue has been sorted.

HairY

Just take all the documentation you have, including proof of your inheritance, identity and his forgery and

GO TO THE GODDAMN POLICE

Ponto Today :eek:

00ec25

bendix wrote: »

I find this all very hard to believe.

time you caught up then - this is a major risk which has been the subject of much reporting in recent years

The LR has paid out £36m in compensation so far, for example this recent article on 30 March 2009 on the BBC here


and here is the LR guide to fraud (how not to do it) :rotfl:

googler

Stop dilly-dallying around on the internet asking what might happen, and, as a previous poster said,

- gather up all documentation relating to you, your title to the house, your brother-in-law's (limited) title to the house, etc etc, then hire a solicitor (one who has dealt with land & property issues before), tell the land registry (possibly through the solicitor), and call the police.

Please also come back afterwards and tell us how you get on.

ian.bathgate

ive got a solicitor and ive told the land registry i havent told the police yet cause im waiting to hear back from the land registry.i only asked on hear because. maybe someone had previous experience of it happening to them

clutton_2

the land registry have had to put several new policies in place in recent years to prevent fraud of this nature - there have been several high profile cases where fraudsters have identified "abandoned" property, gone to LR, downloaded documents which used to contain owners signatures (no longer available) - then the fraudsters have done a Transfer of ownership - and have then sold the house.

the list which the government issues weekly of deceased's unclaimed Estates used to contain Estate Value - it no longer does - as another anti-fraud policy.

marklv

clutton wrote: »

the land registry have had to put several new policies in place in recent years to prevent fraud of this nature - there have been several high profile cases where fraudsters have identified "abandoned" property, gone to LR, downloaded documents which used to contain owners signatures (no longer available) - then the fraudsters have done a Transfer of ownership - and have then sold the house.

the list which the government issues weekly of deceased's unclaimed Estates used to contain Estate Value - it no longer does - as another anti-fraud policy.

Is this really fraud? If the property has been abandoned for over 12 years, can it not be claimed legitimately? I believe the law says it can.

jamesperrett

marklv wrote: »

Is this really fraud? If the property has been abandoned for over 12 years, can it not be claimed legitimately? I believe the law says it can.

As I understand it, you have to have proof that you have been occupying the property for more than 12 years.

Cheers

James.

clutton_2

""Is this really fraud? If the property has been abandoned for over 12 years,""

where did my post say anything about 12 years ?

James is right - you have to have lived in it for 12 years to claim adverse possession

PasturesNew

Story of a landlord whose tenant did this to steal his house
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0be3ecd0-1b04-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=true.html?nclick_check=1