Alert: Beware of household records mailing scam!

Contact: Karen Flynn, Kitsap County Auditor
Phone: (360) 337-7129
No. 07-39

PORT ORCHARD, WA— Kitsap County property owners are warned not to be misled from an official looking letter from “National Deed Service, Inc.” of Washington DC. The letter says that for $59.50, the company will obtain a copy of the property deed on behalf of the property owner, a document that’s available for free from the Kitsap County website, or for the nominal fee of $1 per page for uncertified copies or $3 per page for a certified copy.

Property owners can obtain a free uncertified copy of their property deed from the Kitsap County website, visit the Kitsap County Auditor’s Office in person at 614 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98336, or call 360 337-4935.

The United States Postal Service is aware of the mailing from National Deed Service, Inc. and says that the company is under investigation. According to the company’s website http://www.nationaldeed.com/, the company was founded 1988 by Barry “Joe” Issacson and is currently providing services to property owners in over twenty counties in nine states.