Documents to prove mortgage paid off (i.e., no liens)?
Documents to prove mortgage paid off (i.e., no liens)?
When someone pays off a mortgage, what documents should one have to prove beyond a doubt that a mortgage has been paid off and there are no liens on the property?
I paid off my mortgage and received the following:
1. A letter from the bank referencing my loan number saying it was paid off. This letter was not signed or anything. I think it is just an FYI.
2. A letter titled "Substitution of Trustee and Full Re-conveyance". In the upper right corner is a sticker from the County Recorder with a book and page number, and a date and time. It also has on this sticker "Ttl Pd". Also on this letter are some notarized legalize that from what I can make of it transfers what was the current beneficiary (a mortgage registration system) to a new trustee (a Trust Recording company).
Is that it? Do I need anything else?
Thank you.
I paid off my mortgage and received the following:
1. A letter from the bank referencing my loan number saying it was paid off. This letter was not signed or anything. I think it is just an FYI.
2. A letter titled "Substitution of Trustee and Full Re-conveyance". In the upper right corner is a sticker from the County Recorder with a book and page number, and a date and time. It also has on this sticker "Ttl Pd". Also on this letter are some notarized legalize that from what I can make of it transfers what was the current beneficiary (a mortgage registration system) to a new trustee (a Trust Recording company).
Is that it? Do I need anything else?
Thank you.
In CA we have deeds of trust. A trustee "holds" your property (not you, not the bank) until you pay the bank off. When you pay off the bank, the bank tells the trustee, and the trustee reconveys the property to you. If you sell the property, the bank tells the trustee that it has been paid, and the trustee reconveys the property to whomever is entitled.
My document it titled "Full Reconveyance."
This doesn't mean that you don't have a lien on your house from your kitchen remodel.
My document it titled "Full Reconveyance."
This was actually a sale, but you get the same thing when you pay off a mortgage.XXX, as present Trustee for the Deed of Trust executed by SS Critic as Trustor, dated yyy and recorded on zzz as instrument No. ... WWW County, California, having been requested in writing, by the holder of the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, does hereby reconvey to the person or persons legally entitled thereto, without warranty, all the estate, title and interest acquired by Trustee under said Deed of Trust.
This doesn't mean that you don't have a lien on your house from your kitchen remodel.
Re: Documents to prove mortgage paid off (i.e., no liens)?
Is the entity MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.)? http://www.mersinc.org/TacklingFinances wrote: Also on this letter are some notarized legalize that from what I can make of it transfers what was the current beneficiary (a mortgage registration system) to a new trustee (a Trust Recording company).
MERS is at the heart of many arguments about foreclosure, particularly when the mortgage has been sold as part of a MBS. [no politics or economics or rants here please]
I understand that MERS would reconvey your title after you pay off your loan, but why to this new trustee and not you? The answer will be particular to the real estate law in your state.
Here is what the document says...
Thank you for the replies. I am in CA too. And it was MERS.
Here is a snippet of what the document says:
Here is a snippet of what the document says:
Then of course it is notarized. And in the upper corner is a sticker from the County Recorder.WHEREAS, (Our names here) was the original Trustor under that certain Deed of Trust dated (date here) and recorded (date we picked up the keys here) as Instrumentor or Document No., in Book (Book number here) , Page (Page # Here), of Official Records of the County of (County Here), State of California.
WHEREAS, the undersigned, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as the present Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust hereby substitutes a new Trustee, ReconTrust Company, N.A. under said Deed of Trust, and ReconTrust Company, N.A. as Trustee under said Deed of Trust does hereby reconvey, without warranty, to the person or persons legally entitled thereto, the estate now held by Trustee under said Deed of Trust.
Dated (Date 3 days after we paid of loan)
New Trustee: ReconTrust Company, N.A.
Current Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
TacklingFinances, it sounds like you now have a clear title.
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LynnC, I was just giving my opinion.LynnC wrote:Chaz,
How so? I didn't find anything with that link? Am I not looking in the right place?
LynnC
The link is generic to the wiki and goes with my signature on every post. Sorry if you thought the link was for that thread.
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The key is that your document represents two transfers: from MERS to ReCon to you.
If you look back at my example in the first response, MERS was not involved. The transfer went from the Trustee to the buyer of my house ("the person or persons legally entitled thereto"). The result was the same, the trustee no longer held the property to ensure that you (or I) made the required payments.Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as the present Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust hereby substitutes a new Trustee, ReconTrust Company, N.A. under said Deed of Trust, and ReconTrust Company, N.A. as Trustee under said Deed of Trust does hereby reconvey, without warranty, to the person or persons legally entitled thereto, the estate now held by Trustee under said Deed of Trust.