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Title 27: Property

Chapter 005: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

• Subchapter 001: MANNER OF CONVEYING INTERESTS IN OR AFFECTING REALTY
•    § 301. Manner of conveying

•    § 302. Effect of oral conveyance

•    § 303. Trusts concerning realty

•    § 304. Assignment of lease to be by deed

•    § 305. Conveyances effected through power of attorney

•    § 306. Evidence

•    § 307. Vendor's liens

•    § 308. Mines and quarries

•    § 309. Proration of taxes

• Subchapter 002: EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
•    § 341. Requirements generally; recording

•    § 342. Acknowledgment and recording required

•    § 343. Conveyance of wife's real estate

•    § 344. Conveyances of joint interests when husband under disability

•    § 345. Conveyances of wife's realty in which disabled husband has an interest

•    § 346. Conveyances by corporation

•    § 347. Validity of deeds executed under prior law

•    § 348. Instruments concerning real property validated

•    § 349. Conveyance to grantor and others

•    § 350. Change in name or status of owner of real estate

•    § 351. Estates and trusts; conveyances, satisfactions, grants, and releases

•    § 352. Repealed. 2009, No. 20, § 27.

•    § 371. Proving execution when grantor dies or leaves state

•    § 372. Proceedings when grantor refuses to acknowledge-Summons

•    § 373. Notice

•    § 374. Hearing and certificate

•    § 375. Witnesses dead or out of state

•    § 376. Repealed. 1967, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 24, 1968.

•    § 377. Repealed. 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 111, eff. April 9, 1974.

•    § 378. Effect of recording unacknowledged deed

•    § 379. Repealed. 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, effective July 1, 2019.

• Subchapter 003: RECORDING
•    § 401. Index of deeds by county clerk; penalty

•    § 402. Record in county clerk's office

•    § 403. Records when lands lie in unorganized place

•    § 404. Lost instruments affecting property titles; copy recorded in another town

•    § 405. Vendor to record his or her title on request

•    § 406. Proceedings upon vendor's refusal

•    § 407. Commitment of vendor for refusal

•    § 408. Recording subordination of liens

•    § 409. Record of assignment by landlord

•    § 410. Lien priorities

• Subchapter 004: MORTGAGES
•    § 441. Manner of mortgaging machinery

•    § 442. Attachment and sale of machinery mortgaged with real estate

•    § 461. By entry on record

•    § 462. By acknowledgment of payment

•    § 463. By separate instrument

•    § 464. Liability of mortgagee for failure to provide payoff statements and refusal to discharge

•    § 464a. Discharge by licensed attorney

•    § 465. When mortgagee dead

•    § 466. Notice to parties

•    § 467. When death of mortgagee not established

•    § 468. -Manner of discharge by trustee or administrator

•    § 469. Mortgagee corporation whose charter has expired

•    § 470. Validation of mortgage discharge on one- to four-family residential property

• Subchapter 005: PERPETUITIES
•    § 501. Reformation of interests violating rule against perpetuities

•    § 502. Application of subchapter

•    § 503. Effect on prior interests

• Subchapter 006: MISCELLANEOUS
•    § 541. Deeds of lands held adversely

•    § 542. Fraudulent deeds

•    § 543. Highways as encumbrances

•    § 544. Energy devices based on renewable resources

•    § 545. Covenants, conditions, and restrictions of substantial public interest

•    § 546. Racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds prohibited

• Subchapter 007: MARKETABLE RECORD TITLE
•    § 601. Requirements

•    § 602. Unbroken chain; conditions and suspension

•    § 603. Successors in interest; notices of claims, filing for record

•    § 604. Failure to file notice

•    § 605. Contents of notice of claim; recording

•    § 606. Limitation of actions

•    § 607. Time-shares; right to cancel

•    § 608. [Reserved for future use.]

•    § 609. Conveyance of standing timber

•    § 610. Housing subsidy covenants; enforceability

•    § 611. Remediation certificates

•    § 612. Municipal permits

•    § 613. Repealed. 2011, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.

•    § 614. Transfer of stormwater discharge permits to a municipality

•    § 615. Wetland permit

•    § 616. Groundwater source testing; disclosure of informational material

• Subchapter 008: UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT
•    § 621. Short title

•    § 622. Definitions

•    § 623. Validity of electronic documents

•    § 624. Recording of documents

•    § 625. Standards and best practices

•    § 626. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

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