“Your father’s sweet corn acreage and the homestead parcel are both completely clear, Nora,” Martha said.

“No second mortgages, personal notes, or liens filed under his name or mine?”

“Nothing filed since nineteen ninety-four, when Carl paid off the original bank land contract,” she said.

“What about tax assessments or equipment liens?” I asked.

“Paid in full through June,” Martha said.

“Is there a particular document date you were looking for?”

“Anything filed in September of last year or after,” I said.

Martha scanned down the digital ledger line by line, her index finger tracing the glowing screen.