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Trust begins
before the
record.
Know who is submitting. Understand what needs review. Preserve the evidence behind every decision.
Affiant brings identity verification and a clear review trail to municipal land-record intake—alongside the recording system your office already uses.
Built for town clerks, city clerks, and county recorders.
THE AFFIANT VERIFICATION RECORDA.
SUBMISSION / 00421ILLUSTRATIVE
A person.
A submission.
A record of trust.
01
Identity evidence
Verification method and results
02
Instrument & claimed role
Context attached to the submission
03
Clerk review
REVIEWHuman judgment, documented
IDENTITY REVIEW ≠ DEED APPROVAL
An evidence layer. Your office stays in control.
Identity before intakeHuman judgment at every stepEvidence you can reconstruct
01 / A STRONGER START
Public trust.
Personal evidence.
A land record can shape a family’s future. The identity behind its submission deserves a clear record, too.
Affiant is designed to help your office address deed-fraud risk at intake: establish who presented an instrument, surface uncertainty, and document the review that followed.
The person is verified. The role is recorded. The clerk makes the decision under the office’s existing procedures.
See how it fits your office02 / THE PLATFORM
Fits your workflow.
Respects your judgment.
From a walk-in at the counter to a submission ready for review, one connected evidence trail.
Alongside your existing recording systemJurisdiction-configurable workflowsManual and assisted review paths
Prototype preview: identity services are simulated. Production providers, integrations, and office policies are established during implementation. Identity review does not determine legal validity or recordability.
03 / THE PUBLIC DATA
A national concern.
A local perspective.
Explore the latest available FBI IC3 annual reports, with direct sources for every state.
2025 / REAL ESTATE CATEGORY$275.1M
Losses reported to IC3 nationwide
2025 / ANNUAL REPORT12,368
Real estate complaints nationwide
2024 → 202558.5%
Increase in reported real estate losses
Source: FBI 2025 IC3 Annual Report, pp. 7–8 and 26 ↗. Figures describe the broader real estate category.
READING THE DATA
Real estate fraud data is not a deed-fraud count.
The FBI’s published category covers real estate investment, rental, and timeshare fraud. These reports do not provide a separate state-by-state deed-fraud count. The figures below offer broader context; they do not measure fraudulent deeds or Affiant’s impact.
Find your state.
2025 FBI IC3 · Real Estate · 50 states + D.C.
Scroll across for losses and FBI sources →
| State / district | Reported victim count* | Reported losses | FBI source |
|---|
Sources, definitions & limitations
Reporting year: 2025. Sources checked September 21, 2026. This is a dated snapshot, not a live incident feed. View IC3 annual reports ↗
State figures: Each row transcribes the “Real Estate” entry from the FBI’s “Crime Type by Victim Count” and “Crime Type by Victim Loss” tables. We retain the source’s victim-count label; it is not a count of confirmed deed thefts or necessarily unique people. Location comes from complaint information, not a verified location of the affected property. The table excludes territories.
National figures: The annual report lists 12,368 complaints and $275,110,419 in losses. The 58.5% change is calculated from $173,586,820 in 2024. National report totals and state-report figures are separate published summaries and do not reconcile exactly; we have not changed either to make them match.
Interpretation: IC3 data reflects reports received, not all fraud occurring. Reports may change as analysis continues. Counts and losses are not adjusted for population, property values, or transaction volume. Use them as context, not a ranking of municipal performance or deed-fraud risk. See the annual report’s Appendices B and C.
Affiant is independent of the FBI. These sources do not imply FBI endorsement.
04 / BUILD WITH YOUR OFFICE IN MIND
A practical next step
for public trust.
Start with your office’s process. Together, we can explore where identity verification, clerk review, and evidence retention belong.
PLANNED PILOT FOCUS / RHODE ISLANDWork in another state? Let’s discuss your jurisdiction.
Each option opens an email to hello@affiant.io. Meeting times and pilot participation are arranged with our team.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNTER
Clear answers.
Considered boundaries.
Does Affiant replace our recording system?
No. Affiant is designed to sit alongside your existing system. It organizes submitter identity evidence and clerk review. Recording continues through your office’s existing system and procedures; specific integrations are evaluated during implementation.
Does a verified identity mean a deed is valid?
No. Identity verification, claimed authority, and the legal status of an instrument are separate. Affiant supports a clerk’s review without automatically declaring an instrument valid, recordable, or fraudulent.
What happens when someone cannot complete an automated check?
The prototype includes manual verification, requests for more information, and supervisor review. Your jurisdiction determines approved alternatives and the next steps when identity cannot be verified.
What can the prototype do today?
The working prototype demonstrates the review queue, walk-in sessions, manual verification, supervisor decisions, jurisdiction settings, audit search, and evidence exports using fictional cases. Identity services are simulated. Live providers and production readiness must be established before operational use.
How are privacy and retention handled?
Affiant’s design emphasizes limited collection, role-based access, masked identity information, and jurisdiction-defined retention. Verification evidence is kept separate from the public land record. Production safeguards, retention terms, and vendor responsibilities are reviewed with each office before rollout.
Is the FBI table measuring deed fraud?
No. It displays the FBI IC3 “Real Estate” category. The published 2025 reports do not isolate deed fraud by state. Every figure links to its FBI source, and the table explains the limits of the data.