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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Any such exception, reservation or recital lacking such reference or adequate description shall not except, reserve or otherwise affect real property or any interest therein; provided that this section shall not prevent any such exception, reservation or recital from constituting a waiver, limitation or negation of a warranty of title in the document in which the exception, reservation or recital occurs, or from being taken into account in determining the existence of a contractual obligation or condition between the immediate parties to the document in which the exception, reservation or recital occurs.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 33. Property § 201-A. Conditions of actual notice - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-33-property/me-rev-st-tit-33-sect-201-a/
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