Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

It's not clear from your question what happened and when. I am assuming that you already purchased the property, and are now selling it. Deeds don't usually refer to "satisfied", so I'm not sure what that means.

If the mortgage was your seller's to a lender, and was on the property before you purchased it, your title insurance company should have dealt with it and made sure that the seller paid it off and the title company should have seen to it that the mortgage was marked paid off or released, so that it wouldn't remain open on the record.

If you are now selling the property, contact the title insurance company that insured your purchase, or ask your buyer's title insurance company to do so.

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