Three should be a lien release from the first mortgage.
Search the local counties webpages for Clerk Public Records. Search for your name for all documents recorded with your name on them.
This is the job of the title search company, if they do there job. They might be cutting corners demanding something from you, instead of doing their job.
The all-important paper trail of the re/fi (lien against property)......and the payoff.....is in the files of the community in which they live.
Go to the the community’s Hall of Records to get this information.
**Three should be a lien release from the first mortgage.**
Correct ,, or a “satisfaction of mortgage” from the prior lender that was paid off ... it should be recorded in the public records...
They can contact the lender or check with the registrar of deeds or court clerk.
The real estate agents involved should have legal teams at their disposal if it is a large company ,, they can dig this up...