Questions
The honest answers.
Does this guarantee the squatter gets removed?
No, and be suspicious of anyone who says it does. The decision belongs to law enforcement and the courts, not to us. What we change is the officer's information: instead of a stranger's word against yours, they have a verified owner's notarized statement, filed with the city, that says there is no lease. That materially improves your odds and your speed. It is not a certainty.
Can I just change the locks?
Don't. Whether an owner may remove an occupant without a court order is decided by state law, and the answer is not the same everywhere — in most states, doing it yourself is a crime. We will never advise it, and you will not find guidance for it anywhere in this product, in any state. Beyond the law: right now you are the owner and they are the trespasser, and a lockout hands that advantage away. Ask a lawyer before you touch a lock.
Is this insurance?
No. We do not indemnify you and we do not reimburse losses. DeedProof is a protection and monitoring service: we verify you, structure what you swear to, file it, and keep it current.
My property is in an LLC. Can you actually prove I control it?
Not cryptographically — and we won't pretend otherwise. No US state publishes LLC membership, so no vendor and no public database anywhere in the country can prove who controls a company. The deed says "123 Main LLC" and nothing public says who that is. What we do instead is stack what's provable (your verified identity, the LLC's good standing with the Secretary of State, the deed) and require your operating agreement. Then you swear to the rest under penalty of perjury. Forging an operating agreement to obtain a government filing is fraud, and that criminal exposure is the point.
What happens if I lease or sell the property?
You tell us, and we drop the protection immediately. It's free, it's one tap, and there is never a penalty. A sworn statement that a house is empty, sitting on a house that now has a paying tenant, is the single worst thing this product could produce — so we make reporting the truth the easiest thing you can do.
Squatter laws keep changing. What happens to my filing when they do?
We track the ordinance, the state bills behind it, and the filing office's own forms — and when something changes, we will regenerate your document on the current form, put it back through attorney review, send you back to the notary if the new version needs a fresh oath, and re-file it. You get a plain note saying what changed, with a link to the actual text. What we won't do is tell you what the change means for your property: that's legal advice, we're not a law firm, and we'll point you to one. And if a new law makes part of what we do free, we'll tell you that too, in writing.
Which city are you in?
None yet, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. This only works one city at a time, because the hook is a municipal ordinance and the record is worth exactly what the local police district and prosecutor say it's worth — that has to be earned, not announced. So the waitlist picks the city: we go where owners actually are, and where the ordinance already puts the burden on the occupant to show they had permission. Tell us where your property is and you are voting.
Are you a law firm?
No, and we don't give legal advice. Our documents cite the law; they never interpret it. You make the assertions, under oath. No template will reach a customer until a licensed attorney in the filing jurisdiction has reviewed it — that review is a gate we have not passed yet, and nothing ships before it does. If you need advice about your specific situation, you need a lawyer, and we'll happily point you toward one.