§ 33 §201-A — Conditions of actual notice

Maine § 33 §201-A

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 33: PROPERTY
• Ch. 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

Text

An exception, reservation, or recital in a conveyance, mortgage, devise or other transfer of real property or of any interest therein, shall not constitute actual notice within the meaning of section 201 of any other conveyance, mortgage, devise or other transfer of real property or of any interest therein unless it contains the following:
1.
Reference to the volume and page of the registry or probate court record.
A reference to the volume and page of the registry or probate court record of the deed or other instrument evidencing such other conveyance, mortgage, devise or other transfer, which record can be found at the time of the recording of the deed or other instrument containing the exception, reservation or recital; or
2.
Adequate description.
An adequate description by metes and bounds or by reference to the volume and page of the record of a survey plan of the property affected by the exception, reservation or recital, in which case the actual notice shall extend only to the property so described.

Legislative History

PL 1977, c. 504 (NEW).