Pennsylvania Statutes Title 21 P.S. Deeds and Mortgages § 721-3. Satisfactions, methods and indexing

(1) Mortgages shall be satisfied by satisfaction pieces and also in the case of residential mortgages by settlement officer satisfactions as described in sections 5 and 7  1 and not by entering satisfaction upon the margin of the record of such mortgage. A satisfaction piece or settlement officer satisfaction need not be accompanied by the original mortgage instrument or a copy thereof, certified or otherwise, when presented for recording. If required by the recording officer for the applicable county, a satisfaction piece or settlement officer satisfaction shall be accompanied by information sufficient to validate the original mortgage recording information in the public record, which shall be at the option of the mortgagee or settlement officer one of the following:

(2) Any recording officer who shall elect the recording validation procedure described in paragraph (1) shall give notice of such election, which notice shall be entitled “Notice of Election by (recording officer) to Adopt Recording Information Validation Procedure under the Mortgage Satisfaction Act,” shall state any additional fees to be charged and shall be advertised in the county recorder's yearly fee schedule or fee bill, whichever is applicable.