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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 6325

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
The method of foreclosure set forth in sections 6321 to 6324 may be used for the foreclosure of all real property mortgages, except for railroad mortgages, so called, or for indentures or deeds of trust securing bond issues of corporations wherein the method of foreclosure or sale is provided in the indenture or deed of trust or any similar instrument; provided that any such railroad mortgage, corporate indenture, deed of trust or similar instrument executed subsequent to January 1, 1976, shall be subject to this subchapter unless the applicability of this chapter is expressly negated in such instrument. The method of foreclosure set forth in sections 6321 to 6324 shall not apply to tax lien mortgages created under Title 36. [PL 1981, c. 698, §87 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 552, §5 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 564, §70 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §87 (AMD).