This is a free service allowing Utah County residents to watch the properties they subscribed for, according to Allen.

“People can begin the search by a name or business,” Allen said. “Then they will be taken to a page where it will show the owner, serial number, mailing address and then they hit subscribe. Once they hit subscribe, they will be notified at that email.”

The service is subscription based. Interested users can go to the county’s website to begin the subscription process. Users will be required to enter their property serial number and email.

“This is not a fraud protection,” she said. “This is a notification. As (the commissioners) know, our information is already available for free, and people have already been able to watch their properties. This service will send them a notification if there’s been activity in their abstract. Therefore, we are calling it Utah County Property Watch.”

Allen said email is the main form of communication for the service. If a user was to receive a notice, it would be through email. She reminded the public this service is offered as a courtesy — not as a guarantee against fraud.

“If you sell your property, you’ll get a notice. If there’s an overall county ordinance that hits all properties in Utah County, everyone who subscribed is going to get a notice. This is to make subscribe citizens aware when something hits their abstract,” she said

Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner said she signed up for the property watch during Allen’s demonstration.

“It worked just like you said it would,” Powers Gardner said. “I just searched my name, and there it was. It was so easy.”

During her presentation, Allen commended the work of her team just one year after the commission approved additional staffing for the department.

In other business, the Utah County Commission scheduled a public hearing to discuss amending the 2022 budgets in the county’s general fund and other funds. The hearing is set for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. in room 1400 of the Utah County Administration building. The commissioners will also discuss the 20-year review of the Larry Carson 2002 agricultural protection during the public hearing.