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Code · Maine · Title 33: PROPERTY · Chapter 12: SHORT FORM DEEDS ACT

§770. Assignment of mortgage; words of transfer

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In an assignment of a mortgage of real estate the word "assign" shall be a sufficient word to transfer the mortgage, without the words "sell, transfer and convey." [PL 1967, c. 377 (NEW).]
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