Mortgage in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
A mortgage pledges the property as security for a loan. Recorded, it is a lien that comes ahead of later liens and stays on the title until a satisfaction or release is recorded. In Lancaster County, mortgages are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, and a HeritageDeed title search lists them for the property.
How Lancaster County records it
Deeds, mortgages and satisfactions are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, whose records are certified from May 10, 1729.
In the Recorder's records a deed carries the parcel number; a mortgage usually names only the municipality and the street address.
Older satisfaction pieces cite the book and page of the mortgage they satisfy; those recorded since about 2001 carry no such reference.
What it means for a buyer or bidder
A recorded mortgage with no satisfaction of record is an open lien, even if the loan was paid: it has to be released or paid at a sale.
Does a title search find it in Lancaster County?
Yes. The Lancaster County report covers: Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and assignments recorded with the Recorder of Deeds, tied to the property by parcel number or street address.
Not covered: Where a satisfaction cannot be tied to its mortgage by a reference, the report says when a pairing is not certain.
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