NOD Research

[Brett Sodders]

Sooo...I made my way down to the Recorder's office in California to do some research on NOD's for the first time. It was interesting and a complete PITA. I did get the information I needed though...well, for the most part. Got a few questions for you guys:

1. On a lot of the NOD's I couldn't find the address of the homeowner. I was expecting this, but I ALSO couldn't find an APN number. There was only a Loan Doc #, Title #, and an instruction #. Any idea how I could uncover that info to get the address of the homeowner? I noticed it was the problem only with certain Title companies that prepared the docs.

2. As I was doing some surfing around today I came across an REI site that suggested writing down the title companies that prepped the NOD's and contacting them to see if they will send you a list of any NOD's they file. Is this possible/legal? Anybody ever done it?

I think the funniest thing about it was the fact that the person at the desk told me NOD's weren't published in the paper and that I needed someone's name in order to search the database. I walked out and then was like F that and walked back in, sat down at the computer and uncovered all the information I needed right in front of his face.