Dakota County Newsletter - Fall/Winter 2024 - Extra eyes

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Property Watch helps keep information safe

You have enough in your life to worry about. You shouldn’t have to worry about fraudulent activity with your properties. Dakota County’s Property Watch gives you peace of mind that one of your largest assets is being monitored.

When you subscribe to the Property Watch service, Dakota County will send you an email alert whenever a document is recorded against the information you provide at signup. You’ll immediately know if something suspicious is happening and can take the proper action.

Signing up for the free service is easy. Go to www.dakotacounty.us, search Property Watch. You can subscribe by entering a name or a property's legal description, along with an email address.

When subscribing, common names like “John Smith" could produce many results. The more data provided at signup, the narrower the results will be. A step-by-step user guide is available on the site to help you through the process, so you get the most from the service.

You and the county are concerned about keeping your information safe. Property Watch is one way the county is using technology to do that.

Residents are taking advantage of the service. In the first two months of availability, more than 600 residents subscribed to Property Watch.