“[T]he lot hereby conveyed shall not be sold, transferred, conveyed, leased, or rented to persons of negro blood.” That’s language taken from a 1932 deed for land in Duke Forest. Here’s another, from ...

Cuyahoga County is rolling out a new twist on home protection, a “Deed Lock” two-factor authentication system for recorded property deeds that is meant to cut off title fraud before it hits the ...

Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell recently reminded homeowners that only a certain type of land plan is recorded at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, and it is not a plot plan. “One of the ...