Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia
Protection from Stalker
I have had an individual stalk and threaten me in the past. I was never able to obtain a restraining order but do have documentation of police reports and have kept very accurate records of everything. I have moved, changed phone numbers, keep a post office box and have been in touch with countless information agencies to get my information removed from their records databases so that he doesn't have the easiest time trying to find me.
This personal is currently in prison for the next 8 years for abduction and attempted rape of another person. I will be getting married next year and want to know if there's a way I can keep my marriage record and name change information out of the public domain. Also, should my future husband be the only one listed on the title of the house we plan to purchase together in order to keep my identity and location secret? Could I create a holding company and purchase the house under that holding company or would that information be publicly tied to my name as well?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Protection from Stalker
Marriage records and name changes are
all public records and cannot normally be sequestered from the public domain.
Listing your husband as the only owner of the marital home could expose the
home to creditor action if a judgment were obtained against him.(Bad idea.)
The holders behind holding companies can also be traced down through various means.
Rather than trying to create a variety of imperfect shields for your identity, I would recommend persistent vigilance on your part as to this alleged stalker and close monitoring of where he's being incarcerated and any proposed release dates.
Re: Protection from Stalker
After this prisoner's release from incarceration, as a convicted sex offender he will very likely be required to register as such with the appropriate Commonwealth's authorities and the listing of all such Virginia offenders with their addresses is posted and maintained on the Internet by the Virginia State Police, which would afford you another resource to monitor's this person's residence address.
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