Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

What kind of lien? You have to make a written demand on a mortgage lender to have a satisfaction or release provided in recordable form. If they don't comply within 60 days, there would be a penalty. For other liens, such as judgments, you should have a written agreement that upon payment in full, a recordable release or judgment satisfaction will be provided and that the lawyer for the lien-creditor will file the necessary papers with the court to have the court docket (record) show that the lien was satisfied.

If you are trying to have a lien removed from your property, consult a lawyer to make sure that it happens, is completed, and that a lien search on your property will not that that lien anymore. Otherwise, you will keep running into the problem, and it will cost you more to deal with it. Plus, any action that you're about to take, such as refinancing or selling your property will be delayed or cancelled because you won't be able or in a position to clear the lien by the time you have to under the contract.

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