§ 35-01-25 — Assignment, satisfaction, foreclosure of mortgage, judgment, or other lien by heir, legatee, foreign administrator, executor, or guardian

by heir, legatee, foreign administrator, executor, or guardian.
A mortgage, judgment, or other lien upon real or personal property may be satisfied,
assigned, or foreclosed by the following persons upon complying with the provisions of this
section:
1. By an executor or administrator appointed in another state or foreign country to
administer the estate of any person owning any such mortgage, judgment, or other
lien, when no executor or administrator of the estate of such person has been
appointed in this state, upon recording or filing an authenticated copy of the person's
letters testamentary or letters of administration in the office in which such mortgage,
judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed.
2. By an heir or legatee of such deceased person, residing within or without the state,
upon recording or filing in the office in which such mortgage, judgment, or other lien is
recorded or filed, an authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court
transferring the ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to such heir or
legatee.
3. By a guardian appointed in another state or foreign country of a person owning any
such mortgage, judgment, or other lien upon real or personal property, upon recording
or filing an authenticated copy of the person's letters of guardianship in the office in
which the mortgage, judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed, together with an
authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court transferring the

ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to the ward, if it has been so
transferred.