Just go to the Secretary of State website, fill out the form, follow the basic instructions and send the form and check to them. 

The seller also owed money to two other underlying liens (aka a wrap or AITD) so the payoff went to the servicer with strict instructions on how to disburse to be sure all liens were paid and released (with the seller getting the net as @Jon Holdman mentioned). 

Fortunately, Title had been in communication with the seller and had noted that the seller had repeatedly neglected to order a final water reading, per Title's instructions.

@Valentyn SvitYou can use Chicago title in Roseville if you are If they are just buying and then selling concurrently yes, but all parties from the 1st and 2nd leg have to acknowledge instructions that they are aware this is happening, since the 2nd leg will never have a prelim vested in the sellers name and typically financing involved, it usually is not acceptable. this is direct from Chicago title. 916-783-7195,

Go and check out the post and step by step instructions if you want to work it out yourself, but this is an accurate summary.So, you make 10 x $10,000 ($100,000, obviously) payments over ten years and your return is $100,000 that you no longer have to pay to the bank.

If you do decide to get your RE license, I would recommend getting the coure done through Shannon Aldrich at therealestateclass.com. she is a great instructor, I was very pleased with the way she tought the class.

I’ve moved personally about 8 times and the homes I’ve purchased where the previous owner left those types of instructions made life so much easier.

I had one this week, he seemed a bit odd when he arrived he called my business number not my cell as I had instructed so that I could come to the building's front door.

@Wilson Churchill I gave up listing the houses on the free sites about 2 yrs after I started this amazing business. the quality of people on the MLS is 450x better than the trash that's on all the other sites (combined). the calls, the missed appointments, the no shows, the dum-dums that can't read directions/instructions, those that think their $2.56 balance in their bank account will qualify them to live in one of my houses. please..who needs that stuff. i am happy to pay the agent ONE month's rent and have them deal with the people and stay there 4 hrs for an open house.  

My lease instructs the tenant to deposit directly to a bank account.