Went to sell this property in August 2018 we discovered that there was a Notice of Security Interest applied against our property on May 28, 2008 (10 months after we purchased the home), in the amount of $1216. Upon investigating this Notice, we discovered it was United Alarm Company . There was never any renters by the name that the Security Lien was filed against. The name that appears on the Security lien is not the name of the previous owners from whom we purchased the house.
We called the Land Titles Office and were informed that anyone can put a Notice of Security Interest against any property. They do not vet the legality of such an action. They advised we should call the Alarm Company and have them remove the said hardware. There was no hardware in the home. We can only assume that there never was a system installed. Spoke with Jahan at United Alarm and he stated because of the Privacy Act, and that we were not the names on the Security Lien, he couldn't give us any information. He advised that with the accumulated interest we owed $20,000.+ but we could settle for $1500. Because we had an offer for the sale of the house pending, we had no option but to pay the ransom money. It is extremely upsetting to us that United Alarm Company 3515 32 St NE #200 can get away with this type of actionr. We understand that it is illegal to install this type of hardware in a rental home to anyone other than the owner. If that is the case, how can United Alarm then do exactly that? In a fair world, United Alarm would be forced to repay us the ransom money that we had to pay them in order to sell the house.
BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY
- Approximate cost of services:
- $1,500.00