Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

33 §151. Items covered by deed - §151. Items covered by deed A person owning real estate...

33 §151-A. Definitions - §151-A. Definitions As used in this chapter: [PL 1969, c....

33 §152. Contingent estates - §152. Contingent estates When a contingent remainder, executory devise or...

33 §153. Sale or mortgage of estates subject to contingent remainders - §153. Sale or mortgage of estates subject to contingent remainders...

33 §154. -- notice; appointment of next friend of minors - §154. -- notice; appointment of next friend of minors Notice...

33 §155. -- bond of trustees; disposal of proceeds of sale - §155. -- bond of trustees; disposal of proceeds of sale...

33 §156. Entailments barred by conveyance in fee simple - §156. Entailments barred by conveyance in fee simple A person...

33 §157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned - §157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned A...

33 §158. Conveyance for life and to heirs in fee - §158. Conveyance for life and to heirs in fee A...

33 §159. Conveyances to 2 or more persons - §159. Conveyances to 2 or more persons Conveyances not in...

33 §160. -- mortgage or trust - §160. -- mortgage or trust When real estate is conveyed...

33 §161. Quitclaim or release - §161. Quitclaim or release A deed of release or quitclaim...

33 §162. No estate greater than tenancy at will unless by writing - §162. No estate greater than tenancy at will unless by...

33 §163. Private transfer fee obligations void and unenforceable - §163. Private transfer fee obligations void and unenforceable 1. Definitions....

Subchapter 1-A: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES

33 §171. Definitions - §171. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...

33 §172. Applicability; exemptions - §172. Applicability; exemptions This subchapter applies to the transfer of...

33 §173. Required disclosures - §173. Required disclosures Unless the transaction is exempt under section...

33 §173-A. Information provided - §173-A. Information provided Beginning January 1, 2004, unless the transaction...

33 §174. Delivery and time of disclosure; cancellation of contract - §174. Delivery and time of disclosure; cancellation of contract 1....

33 §175. Change in circumstances - §175. Change in circumstances 1. Inaccurate information. If information disclosed...

33 §176. Rights and duties of seller and purchaser - §176. Rights and duties of seller and purchaser 1. Seller's...

33 §177. Liability - §177. Liability A seller is not liable for any error,...

33 §178. Effect on other statutes or common law - §178. Effect on other statutes or common law This subchapter...

33 §179. Effective date - §179. Effective date This subchapter takes effect January 1, 2000....

Subchapter 1-B: NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES

33 §191. Definitions - §191. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...

33 §192. Applicability; exemptions - §192. Applicability; exemptions This subchapter applies to the transfer of...

33 §193. Disclosures - §193. Disclosures Unless the transaction is exempt under section 192,...

Subchapter 2: RECORDING

33 §201. Priority of recording - §201. Priority of recording No conveyance of an estate in...

33 §201-A. Conditions of actual notice - §201-A. Conditions of actual notice An exception, reservation, or recital...

33 §201-B. Notice; construction of provisions - §201-B. Notice; construction of provisions 1. Preservation of claims by...

33 §202. Failure to record, effect of - §202. Failure to record, effect of A deed purporting to...

33 §203. Need for acknowledgment - §203. Need for acknowledgment (CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)...

33 §204. Deed lost before recording - §204. Deed lost before recording If a deed, duly executed...

33 §205. Certified copies of deeds recorded in other registries - §205. Certified copies of deeds recorded in other registries If...

33 §206. Recording by compulsion - §206. Recording by compulsion A person having an interest in...

33 §207. Recording master form - §207. Recording master form An instrument containing a form or...

33 §208. Indexing - §208. Indexing When any such instrument is recorded, the recorder...

33 §209. Incorporating master form - §209. Incorporating master form Thereafter any of the provisions of...

33 §210. Recording instrument incorporating master forms - §210. Recording instrument incorporating master forms Whenever a mortgage, or...

Subchapter 3: EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Article 1: COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS

33 §251. Appointment; powers - §251. Appointment; powers The Governor may appoint one or more...

33 §252. Legal effect of official acts - §252. Legal effect of official acts The acknowledgment or proof,...

33 §253. Administration of oaths and depositions - §253. Administration of oaths and depositions Every commissioner appointed under...

33 §254. Qualifications and seal - §254. Qualifications and seal Every commissioner appointed under section 251,...

Article 2: PROOF OF EXECUTION

33 §301. Grantor dead or out of State - §301. Grantor dead or out of State When a grantor...

33 §302. Witness dead or absent - §302. Witness dead or absent When the witnesses are dead...

33 §303. Grantor refusing to acknowledge - §303. Grantor refusing to acknowledge When a grantor refuses to...

33 §304. Proof before justice of the peace after summons - §304. Proof before justice of the peace after summons In...

33 §305. Certification - §305. Certification When the justice of the peace at the...

33 §306. -- indorsement of certificate of acknowledgment - §306. -- indorsement of certificate of acknowledgment A certificate of...

Subchapter 3-A: VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES

33 §331. Electronic signatures not valid on certain real property documents (REPEALED) - §331. Electronic signatures not valid on certain real property documents...

Subchapter 4: VALIDATION OF DEFECTS

33 §351. Acknowledgments after commission expired - §351. Acknowledgments after commission expired When a person authorized to...

33 §352. Defective acknowledgments - §352. Defective acknowledgments A record of a deed or other...

33 §353. Miscellaneous defects (REPEALED) - §353. Miscellaneous defects (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 120...

33 §353-A. Miscellaneous defects - §353-A. Miscellaneous defects 1. Omission of consideration; failure to seal....

33 §353-B. Defects in plats - §353-B. Defects in plats Any plats of a subdivision approved...

Subchapter 5: TIMBER AND WOODLANDS

33 §401. Cutting and sale of trees; order of court - §401. Cutting and sale of trees; order of court Any...

33 §402. -- proceeds invested; income appropriated - §402. -- proceeds invested; income appropriated The court may cause...

33 §403. -- appointment of trustees; bond - §403. -- appointment of trustees; bond The court may appoint...

Subchapter 6: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

33 §451. Rights of aliens - §451. Rights of aliens An alien may take, hold, convey...

33 §452. Deeds and contracts by agents - §452. Deeds and contracts by agents Deeds and contracts executed...

33 §453. Conveyances for use of county - §453. Conveyances for use of county Conveyances, in whatever form,...

33 §454. Church pews - §454. Church pews Pews and rights in houses of public...

33 §455. Agreements to treat building as personal property - §455. Agreements to treat building as personal property No agreement,...

33 §456. Address of buyer - §456. Address of buyer All deeds and other instruments for...

33 §457. Error or omission of mailing address - §457. Error or omission of mailing address Any error in...

33 §458. Easements or rights-of-way; installation of utility services - §458. Easements or rights-of-way; installation of utility services 1. Easements...

33 §459. Easements and rights-of-way; installation of docks - §459. Easements and rights-of-way; installation of docks 1. Definitions. As...

Subchapter 7: TITLE TO ROADS AND WAYS

33 §460. Conveyance of land abutting a road or way - §460. Conveyance of land abutting a road or way A...

33 §461. Prior conveyances - §461. Prior conveyances Any conveyance made prior to October 3,...

33 §462. Preservation of claims by filing of notice within 2 years - §462. Preservation of claims by filing of notice within 2...

33 §463. Filing of notice; recording fee - §463. Filing of notice; recording fee In order for the...

33 §464. Persons under a disability; 2-year period not suspended - §464. Persons under a disability; 2-year period not suspended The...

33 §465. Abutters own the centerline of road or way - §465. Abutters own the centerline of road or way Any...

33 §466. -- State and municipal owned roads - §466. -- State and municipal owned roads This subchapter shall...

33 §467. -- public easement acquired over opposite sides of road or way in unequal proportion - §467. -- public easement acquired over opposite sides of road...

33 §468. Statutes of limitation not extended - §468. Statutes of limitation not extended Nothing contained in this...

33 §469. Liberal construction - §469. Liberal construction This subchapter shall be liberally construed to...

33 §469-A. Title to proposed, unaccepted ways - §469-A. Title to proposed, unaccepted ways 1. Reservation of title....

Subchapter 8: OMITTED MARITAL RELEASE

33 §470. Failure of spouse to join in release of right and interest by descent - §470. Failure of spouse to join in release of right...

33 §471. Preservation of claims by filing of notice - §471. Preservation of claims by filing of notice The spouse...

33 §472. Filing of notice; recording fee; indexing - §472. Filing of notice; recording fee; indexing In order for...

33 §473. Persons under disability; 2-year period not suspended - §473. Persons under disability; 2-year period not suspended The notice...

33 §474. Statutes of limitations not extended; bar or release not affected - §474. Statutes of limitations not extended; bar or release not...

33 §475. Liberal construction - §475. Liberal construction This subchapter shall be liberally construed to...

Subchapter 8-A: CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

33 §476. Definitions - §476. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...

33 §477. Creation, conveyance, acceptance and duration - §477. Creation, conveyance, acceptance and duration 1. Conservation easement. Except...

33 §477-A. Conservation easement standards - §477-A. Conservation easement standards 1. Conservation values. A conservation easement...

33 §478. Judicial actions - §478. Judicial actions 1. Action or intervention. An action affecting...

33 §479. Validity - §479. Validity A conservation easement is valid even though: [PL...

33 §479-A. Applicability - §479-A. Applicability 1. Interest created after effective date. This subchapter...

33 §479-B. Uniformity of application and construction - §479-B. Uniformity of application and construction This subchapter shall be...

33 §479-C. Conservation lands registry - §479-C. Conservation lands registry A holder of a conservation easement...

Subchapter 9: SIGNATURE OF A NONOWNER SPOUSE

33 §480. Signature of nonowner - §480. Signature of nonowner An owner of real estate may...

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Maine Revised Statutes TITLE 33: PROPERTY Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE