Questionable liens hit Arizonans

Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic Feb. 22, 2006 12:00 AM A financial setup orchestrated by a convicted criminal has left more than a thousand homeowners in Arizona and California facing illegitimate liens on their homes. The liens are being used to force people to pay thousands of dollars to a California collection agency. In order to get the liens lifted, homeowners are told by the agency that they must pay credit-card debts that, in many cases, have already been paid, written off in bankruptcies or aren't actually owed. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0222lienfraud0222.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How is it that no one (except a mechainic) can but a lien on my car without my knowledge and consent while anyone, living anywhere in the world can put a lien on my house simply by filling out a few papers. This is nuts! If our law makers need some insentive to act on this, perhaps every homeowner in the state should put a lien on any property owned by every lawmaker. Once they realize that they have two hundred fifty thousand liens on their home the matter might be taken seriously. (William3700, February 22, 2006 05:49PM)