Authority to convey the property in satisfaction of the claim.

Not the money.

The house itself.

I sat back, and the chair caught on the edge of the rug.

A lien that was never satisfied doesn’t have to be true to slow a sale down.

It only has to be filed.

And a man who files one can stand up in front of a judge and ask to be handed the deed.

At the bottom of page four, under the notary’s line, there was a date for a hearing.