Stan's home undergoes foreclosure. The property has the following liens recorded against it: an unpaid real estate tax bill for the current year; a first mortgage dated ten years earlier; a second mortgage dated three years earlier; and a mechanic's lien entered for work completed six months earlier. When the property is sold, the LAST lien to be paid off is the .a. property tax lien.
b. first mortgage.
c. mechanic's lien.
d. second mortgage.