THE VIRGINIA WATCHDOG'S BJ OSTERGREN HAS SPENT HOURS IN THE MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER'S WEBSITE DOWNLOADING RECORDS AND HAS EVEN FOUND DEEDS OF TRUST (MORTGAGE PAPERS) THIS PAST SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE THOSE OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA CHIEF OF POLICE JACK F. HARRIS AND HIS WIFE, ANDREW KUNASEK'S (COUNTY SUPERVISOR), FULTON BROCK (COUNTY SUPERVISOR)... AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' MEMBER, LUCY MASON.  

MILLIONS OF RECORDS ARE ON THAT WEBSITE THOUGH AND THE IMAGES GO BACK TO 1991.  

ANY DOCUMENTS THE RECORDER HAS POSSESSION OF AND WHICH ARE NOT SEALED BY A JUDGE ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND ANYONE CAN SEE THEM.  THE RECORDS USED TO ENJOY PROTECTION WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF THE CLERK'S OR RECORDER'S OFFICES AND MEANT A DRIVE TO THE COURTHOUSE TO SNOOP, BUT NOT ANYMORE.   WITH THE ADVENT OF THE INTERNET, THESE RECORDS ARE BEING PUT ONLINE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY - EVEN WITH SSNs, SIGNATURES, DOBS, MINOR CHILDREN'S NAMES, FINANCIAL ACC'T NUMBERS, ETC ON THEM. 

BUT WHY SHOULD DOCUMENTS CONTAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION BE ONLINE AND AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD?    WHY SHOULD ANYONE'S?  THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR RECORDER HELEN PURCELL WHO HAS HER WEBSITE ONLINE FOR MANY YEARS.   AND IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT CRIMINALS HAVE USED THE SITE TO GATHER SSNS AND OTHER INFO AND TO EVEN STEAL SIGNATURES.

HERE IS THE 1ST RECORD SHOWING SSNs (GO TO PAGE 7 OF ONE JACK F. HARRIS' MORTGAGE PAPERS) ... AND HERE IS ONE DOCUMENT WITHOUT.  

HERE IS A RECORD FOR ANDREW KUNASEK WITH SSNs (SEE PAGE 4) AND HERE'S A SECOND RECORD.

HERE'S A DOCUMENT FOR A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBER, FULTON BROCK SHOWING HIS SIGNATURE, LOAN #, AND HOME ADDRESS.

HERE'S A DOCUMENT FOR LUCY MASON, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 1 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHICH SHOWS SIGNATURES, LOAN NUMBERS, AND HOME ADDRESS.

EVEN WHEN YOU "GOOGLE" MARICOPA COUNTY GOVERNMENT, YOU GET A DIRECT LINK TO THE RECORDER'S SITE. 

IT SAYS THIS:

Maricopa County, Arizona

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THE LINK IS WHERE IT SAYS ABOVE "RECORDED DOCS."

WE ALSO FOUND PAGES AND PAGES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES, STATE AND FEDERAL TAX LIENS, BANKRUPTCY PAPERS, HOSPITAL LIENS, AND EVEN DEEDS OF TRUST FROM THE 90'S THAT HAVE SSNS PLASTERED ALL OVER THEM.   THE DIVORCE PAPERS ON THAT SITE HAVE MINOR CHILDREN'S NAMES ON THEM EVEN WITH DATES OF BIRTH, TOO, PLUS THE PARENTS' FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PUBLIC RECORDS THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PUTTING ONLINE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND THE LEGISLATORS ARE ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.

IS IT TOO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE PHOENIX AREA IS #1 IN I.D. THEFT WITH THE VERITABLE TREASURE TROVE OF SSNs AND OTHER INFO ONLINE THERE?  AND IT'S FREE, TOO.

WHY DOESN'T THE MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER JUST SHUT THE SITE DOWN AND REMOVE EVERYONE'S SSN LIKE FLORIDA'S CLERKS ARE MANDATED TO DO AND LIKE THE TRAVIS COUNTY TEXAS CLERK OF COURT IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING?  

AND IN N.C. AT LEAST IF THE CITIZENS KNOW ABOUT THEIR RECORDS BEING ONLINE, THEY CAN ASK TO HAVE THEIR SSN AND SOME OTHER INFO REDACTED (BLACKED OUT).

CALL YOUR STATE (NOT FEDERAL) LEGISLATORS AND LET THEM KNOW HOW STUPID THEY ARE.

AND...KEEP THIS IN MIND.  THE EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC RECORDS REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET AND AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THE RECORDER HAS HAD HER WEBSITE ONLINE SINCE BACK IN THE MID 90'S. 

TO READ ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT MARICOPA COUNTY WRITTEN ON MAY 23, 2005, CLICK HERE.

 

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