Satisfaction or release in Macon County, North Carolina
A satisfaction (also called a release, reconveyance or discharge) is recorded by the lender after a loan is paid, to take its mortgage or deed of trust off the title. In Macon County, satisfactions and releases are recorded with the Macon County Register of Deeds, and a HeritageDeed title search lists them for the property.
How Macon County records it
A North Carolina home loan is secured by a deed of trust. The lender must submit a satisfaction for recording within 30 days after payoff (G.S. 45-36.9), so a loan with no recorded satisfaction is still a lien of record.
What it means for a buyer or bidder
Matching every loan to its satisfaction is the core of a lien search: an unmatched loan is still open of record.
Does a title search find it in Macon County?
Yes. The Macon County report covers: Deeds, deeds of trust, satisfactions, assignments, plats and other documents indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds; Each deed of trust matched to its satisfaction where the index cross-references them.
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