Property data broker
First American Financial opt out: how to remove yourself
Title insurance and property data company that licenses ownership and contact data to real estate investors and wholesalers. Because it underwrites closings it also holds transaction detail a public deed index does not carry, including purchase price, the lender, and the parties to the sale. Its data-privacy request portal takes both access and deletion requests under state privacy law, so it is worth filing even though the company is not a people-search site and never shows you a profile.
At a glance
- Type
- Property data broker
- Removal cost
- Free
- How you opt out
- Email request
- What removal does
- Your listing is suppressed
- Steps to complete
- 5 steps
- Suggested recheck
- Every 14 days
- Backup channel
- privacy@firstam.com
- Opt-out link verified
- Sep 2026
How to opt out of First American Financial
- 1Visit the First American privacy page
- 2Locate the Consumer Privacy Rights section
- 3Send a deletion request to privacy@firstam.com
- 4Include your full name, property address, and phone number
- 5Request removal from all data licensing and marketing products, citing CCPA or your state privacy law
FendLand last confirmed this opt-out link works in Sep 2026.
First American Financial is one of 130 broker sites Shield Pro covers
The same records that put you on First American Financial are spread across our full data-broker opt-out list, and that spread is how wholesalers and spammers got your number in the first place. Opting out of one site helps for a while, then First American Financial re-lists you after its next data refresh. FendLand shows where you are listed. Shield Pro removes it for you at most sites, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.
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Questions
Is First American Financial legitimate?
Yes. First American Financial is a real company, not a scam. It is a data broker: it buys and compiles property, ownership, and contact records, then licenses them to marketers, lenders, and the skip-trace tools wholesalers use to find owners to call. That is a legal business in the US, which is why your records can be in its database without you ever hearing of it. Opting out is your right and it is free: First American Financial publishes its own request process, and you do not have to give a reason. Some property and mortgage data may be kept under regulatory exemptions, so a removal can be partial.
Why is First American Financial showing my information?
First American Financial builds its file on you from public property and mortgage records, recorded deeds, and commercial marketing data it licenses in bulk, not from anything you handed it. Your name enters its database the moment you appear on a recorded document, which is why it can list you with no signup. You can request removal or suppression for free, though some property and mortgage records may be retained under regulatory exemptions.
Will removing myself from First American Financial stop the "we buy your house or land" texts?
It helps, but First American Financial is one of many data brokers feeding the same marketing and skip-trace lists, and the records return after each refresh, so you need to remove yourself across the whole set and re-verify on a schedule. Shield Pro removes your info from most of the 130 broker sites for you, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.