Missouri Laws 443.070 – Affidavit required with deed of release, when — penalty for failure
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 443.070
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Security instrument: as that term is used in this chapter, shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or other real property security instrument securing the payment or satisfaction of any debt or other obligation. See Missouri Laws 443.005
Every person who shall execute a deed of release of a security instrument recorded prior to January 1, 1986, shall at the same time of making and delivering such release deed, make and deliver the affidavit required by section 443.060 unless such deed of release states that the indebtedness remains unpaid in whole or in part; and a neglect or refusal to do so shall subject the party or person thus neglecting or refusing to the same penalties as provided by law in case of refusing to satisfy security instruments when paid. The affidavit named in this section may be endorsed upon the deed of release and recorded with it.