The status field said: Pending Final Title Registration.

I clicked the electronic document link and downloaded the high-resolution scan of the four-page filing.

The heading across the top of page one read: Quitclaim Deed and Full Transfer of Real Property.

I scrolled past the legal description of the parcel boundaries, straight to the signature lines on page three.

Two signature lines were printed at the bottom of the form.

Lauren had signed the right-hand line in dark blue ballpoint ink.