What is Land Notification?
Land Notification is a free alert system allowing you to monitor a specific name or specific parcel of land in participating South Dakota Counties, for real estate activity. Each time there is recording activity on a specific name, an email and/or text message is generated, notifying the appropriate person of this activity. You can create one or more alerts.
While Land Notification does not prevent fraud from happening, it provides an early warning system for property owners to take appropriate action should they determine possible fraudulent activity
has taken place. This service is free and easy to sign up
New Users: Create a new user by clicking on the “New User” link on the Land Notification home page. You will need to provide a valid email address in order to activate your account. If you do not have an email address, you may contact the county to assist setting up your account. Use a unique password for all accounts. Reusing passwords over multiple accounts increases your chances of being hacked.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I enter more than one alert? Yes, you can create multiple alerts for your account. Be sure to give them alert names you recognize so you can edit or remove alerts if you wish. You must make separate alerts for each name you want to monitor. For a married couple or for those people who share the same last name, you must make individual entries for each person.
Can I get help determining what name to put in my criteria? The Register of Deeds office is happy to help you decide what to put in your query in order to get the results you need.
Can I get alerts for other counties? Currently you can get alerts for Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Davison, and Clay Counties.
How many emails and phone numbers can be notified for each alert? You can create alerts for as many names and business names as necessary. You add up to five (5) email addresses and two (2) mobile phone numbers per alert. If you need more email addresses or phone numbers notified for a single alert, simply create another alert for those additional email addresses and mobile phone numbers.
Do all email addresses need to be verified? Yes, each email address associated with an alert must be verified. An email will be sent to the address, and the user will need to click on that link to verify it is a valid email. They will need to have an account set up and be able to log into their account to complete the verification step.
My first name has nicknames and/or is spelled many ways; how should I enter it? Less is more. The system will find portions and parts, so you will want to enter part of your first name. For example, if the name is James, sometimes Jim – enter just J (Ja or Ji will eliminate some results). Another example is Christopher, sometimes Chris – enter Chris (this would bring back both names). If you enter an alert as first name “Jo,” you will get any names starting with those two letters, such as Joseph, Joe, John, Jon, Jonathan, Joanne, Jo Ellen, Josie, and etc.
My last name is quite common; will I receive notification alerts that could possibly belong to someone else? Yes, you may receive an alert that matches your name, but it is another person who shares your name. Use other information sent in the alert email to determine if it is something to be concerned about, and if you are not sure, call the number provided in the email to confirm.
My name is Jeff Anderson Junior (Jr), how would I enter that into the alert field? Counties may enter these suffixes in different ways. Enter first name “Jeff” and last name “Anderson” without any suffix, and you will get all results. You will need to look at the details on the alert to see if it matches your property due to the differences in the ways counties enter these suffixes.
How should I enter my business name? Be sure to change the Alert Criteria from PERSON to BUSINESS/TRUST by using the down arrow. Business names may have special abbreviations used by you or others. When the county enters the name, it may not be exactly as you intended. Words like company, corporation, incorporated, and more may have abbreviations used in certain countries. Please enter the main part of the name only. For example, Roy Brothers Painting Company enter “Roy Brothers Painting.” Or enter enough for the system to find but not eliminate. Or consider making two or more entries.
My property is part of a Trust, how should I enter my trust name? We index by the last name of the Trust, first name. For example, for JOHN DOE REVOCABLE TRUST, you will enter DOE REVOCABLE TRUST, JOHN. For JOHN DOE 2019 TRUST, you would enter DOE 2019 TRUST, JOHN. You may want to consider simply entering the name as “DOE TRUST.” This will send an alert for both trust name examples.
What if my email address changes or I am no longer interested in monitoring a name or parcel? How do I update my subscription with this added information? Log in to Land Notification and go to “My Alerts” and click the “Details” button. From there, you can click to edit any of your existing alerts. Once you make changes, you must click the “Done” button, or if it is no longer needed, you may delete.
How long does my alert remain active on Land Notification? Your alert will remain active indefinitely as long as the Register of Deeds Office participates in this program. I own property in several different counties; will one alert in one county cover me for all counties? No, the alerts are county specific. You must set alerts for each county where you own property.
What information is provided on a Land Notification alert email? The alert email
contains the following: Document Number, Document Type, Modified Date, and Matched Party
Name. If you would like to know more about the document, you can contact the Register of Deeds
for the county.