You can go to the county clerk of your county and look up the deed for the property. The deed will be recorded with the county recorder and available through the county clerku2019s office. See if you can find the procedure outlined by your county online.Once you look up the deed, the document usually specifies who has a lien on the property. This is done so that if someone tries to sell the property, the lienholder is paid in full before the seller is, thereby keeping their original promise when the loan was made to repay it.This work is often done by a title company when the house is bought/sold.These records are usually publicly available.