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33 ME Rev Stat § 601 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §601. Election of register; vacancies

 §601. Election of register; vacancies A register of deeds shall be elected for each county and in each registry district by the legally qualified voters thereof, who shall serve for a term of 4 years.   [PL 1975, c. 445, §1 (RPR).]Vacancies caused by death, resignation, removal from the county, permanent incapacity as defined in Title 30-A, section 1, subsection 2-A or any other reason must be filled for the unexpired term by election as provided for in section 602 at the next general election, as defined in Title 21-A, section 1, subsection 19, after their occurrence. In the meantime, the Governor may fill vacancies by appointment, and the person so appointed shall hold office until the first day of January next after the election. Until a vacancy is filled by appointment by the Governor, the deputy register serves as acting register as provided in section 605.   [PL 1995, c. 683, §8 (AMD).]In the case of a vacancy in the term of a register of deeds who was nominated by primary election before the general election, the register of deeds appointed by the Governor must be enrolled in the same political party as the register of deeds whose term is vacant. In making the appointment, the Governor shall choose from any recommendations submitted by the county committee of the political party from which the appointment is to be made.   [PL 1995, c. 245, §7 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 230, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 445, §1 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 771, §374 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §166 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 502, §B40 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 245, §7 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 683, §8 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 602 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §602. Examination of lists by Governor; certificates; tenure

 §602. Examination of lists by Governor; certificates; tenure The meetings for such election shall be notified, held and regulated and the votes received, sorted, counted, declared and recorded in the same manner as votes for Representatives, and fair copies of the lists of votes shall be attested by the municipal officers and clerks of towns and sealed up in open town meeting, and town clerks shall cause them to be delivered into the office of the Secretary of State. The Governor shall open and examine the same and the list of votes of citizens in the military service returned to said office. He has the same power to correct errors as is conferred by Title 21-A. He shall forthwith issue certificates of election to such persons as have a plurality of all the votes for each county or registry district. The person thus elected and giving the bond required in section 603 approved by the county commissioners shall hold his office for 4 years from the first day of the next January and until another is chosen and qualified.   [PL 1985, c. 614, §28 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §375 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 614, §28 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 603 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §603. Bond

 §603. Bond Each register shall give bond with sufficient sureties to the county in the sum of $2,000 for the faithful discharge of his duties.
33 ME Rev Stat § 604 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §604. Salaries

 §604. Salaries Registers of deeds in the several counties shall receive annual salaries as set forth in Title 30-A, section 2.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §§74, 106 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §8, 10 (AMD).]The salaries of the registers of deeds shall be in full compensation for the performance of all official duties and no other fees or compensation shall be allowed them. All registers, except in the western district of Oxford County, shall devote their entire time to the duties of the office. They shall account monthly under oath to the county treasurers for all fees received by them or payable to them by virtue of the office, specifying the items, and shall pay the whole amount of the same to the treasurers of their respective counties monthly by the 15th day of the following month. They may make abstracts and copies from the records and furnish the same to persons calling for them and may charge a reasonable fee for such service, but shall not give an opinion upon the title to real estate.   [PL 1981, c. 40, §6 (AMD).]Registers shall photocopy each warranty or quitclaim deed received and send the copy to the assessors of the appropriate municipality within 30 days of recordation. They may charge a reasonable fee for such service.   [PL 1979, c. 710, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 710, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 40, §6 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C74,C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 605 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §605. Deputy; oath and duties

 §605. Deputy; oath and duties Each register shall appoint a deputy register of deeds subject to the requirements of Title 30-A, section 501; the deputy register shall be sworn. He shall give bond to the county for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum as the county commissioners order and with such sureties as they approve in writing thereon. The premium of the bond shall be met by the county. The deputy register shall receive an annual salary as established by the register and approved by the county commissioners. In case of sickness, absence or any temporary disability of the register, such deputy shall make and sign for him all certificates and make all entries and minutes required to be signed or made by the register. Such certificates, entries and minutes shall be as valid as if made by the register.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §§75, 106 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §8, 10 (AMD).]In case of vacancy in the office of register, in any county or registry district, the deputy register then holding such office pursuant to this section shall assume the title of acting register, be sworn as such by a dedimus justice and thereafter perform all duties and services required of a register of deeds during such vacancy, complete all unfinished business, receive the same compensation and be subject to the same liabilities as a register of deeds and his certificate shall have the same effect as if made by the register.   [PL 1975, c. 445, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 445, §2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 67, §9 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 279, §20 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 394, §8 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §167 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C75,C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 606 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §606. Clerk of courts as register (REPEALED)

 §606. Clerk of courts as register (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 230, §2 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 445, §3 (RPR). PL 1981, c. 279, §21 (RP).
33 ME Rev Stat § 607 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §607. Assistant (REPEALED)

 §607. Assistant (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 698, §168 (RP).
33 ME Rev Stat § 608 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §608. Removal of register for misconduct or incapacity

 §608. Removal of register for misconduct or incapacity When on presentment of the grand jury or information of the Attorney General to the Superior Court, any register of deeds, by default, confession, demurrer or verdict, after due notice, is found guilty of misconduct in his office or incapable of discharging its duties, the court shall enter judgment for his removal from office and issue a writ to the sheriff to take possession of all the books and papers belonging thereto and deliver them to the register of deeds.   [PL 1981, c. 698, §169 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 698, §169 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 609 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §609. Successors may complete records and grant certificates

 §609. Successors may complete records and grant certificates The newly appointed or elected register or any successor within 5 years after the original vacancy occurred shall complete, compare and certify any unfinished record or certificate required by law and make all requisite certificates upon deeds and other papers recorded, which the removed predecessor should have done if such records and certificates had been completed by the predecessor, which certificates shall be as effectual in law as if made by the predecessor; for doing this, the minutes made by the predecessor upon such deeds or other papers and the entries made by the predecessor in the books required to be kept for such purposes shall be sufficient authority. If payment for such services has been made to the predecessor, the newly appointed or elected register or any successor shall be paid for them out of the county treasury, and the former register and the former register's sureties shall refund such payments to the county treasury, to be recovered by a civil action upon the former register's official bond.   [PL 1981, c. 502, Pt. B, §41 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 502, §B41 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 610 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §610. Certificates, conditions and requisites of

 §610. Certificates, conditions and requisites of No such certificate shall be made, except upon comparison of the original instrument with the record thereof, by the register making the certificate, and such certificate shall state the date when it was made, the fact of comparison and the date when the original instrument was left for record, but shall be only prima facie evidence of the last fact.
33 ME Rev Stat § 611 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 1: PERSONNEL OF OFFICE|33 §611. Recording officer not to draft or aid in drafting recorded instrument

 §611. Recording officer not to draft or aid in drafting recorded instrument No city, town, county or state officer whose duty is to record conveyances of any kind, assignments, certificates or other documents or papers whatsoever shall draft or aid in drafting any conveyance, assignment, certificate or other document or paper which he is by law required to record, in full or in part, under a penalty of not more than $100, to be recovered by any complainant by a civil action for his benefit or by indictment for the benefit of the county.
33 ME Rev Stat § 651 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §651. Records; index

 §651. Records; index The records and indexes in each registry office must be made and kept for public inspection on at least one of the following media: white, acid-free paper, microfilm, microfiche, or digital image stored on magnetic or optical media. The register shall make an alphabetical index to the records without charge to the county so that the same surnames are recorded together and shall show in addition to the names of the parties and the nature of the instrument, the date of the instrument, the date of its record and the name of the city, town or unincorporated place where the land conveyed is situated. As often as every 10 years the register shall revise and consolidate the index in such manner that all deeds recorded since the last revision of the index are indexed so that the same surnames appear together and all names are in alphabetical order. The revised and consolidated index must contain all data as to each and every deed or other instrument referred to in this section. If it becomes necessary to revise, renew or replace any index, the new index must be made in conformity with this section.   [PL 2003, c. 55, §1 (RPR).]When the register of deeds is required by law or common practice to make a note in the margin of a record, it is determined sufficient if the note is made to the index in such a fashion that the note becomes a permanent part of the indexing of the record to which the marginal note is required to be made.   [PL 2003, c. 55, §1 (NEW).]The register shall prepare, or have prepared, a microfilm record of each page of every instrument, plan or other document recorded in the registry office. The microfilm record made must be stored in a fireproof area. When original record books or plans are considered by the register to be in a condition that warrants withdrawal from regular use, the register may make a true copy of the contents of the record or may provide suitable means for reading the microfilm, microfiche or digital image stored on magnetic or optical media of the instruments withdrawn. The records and certified copies made either from the true copy or from images stored as provided in this section must be received in all courts of law with the same legal effect as those contained in the original.   [PL 2003, c. 55, §1 (RPR).]Notwithstanding Title 1, section 408-A, this chapter governs fees for copying records maintained under this chapter.   [PL 2011, c. 662, §21 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 215 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 55, §1 (RPR). PL 2009, c. 575, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 662, §21 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 651-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §651-A. Grantor, grantee names; form of indexing

 §651-A. Grantor, grantee names; form of indexing No instrument executed on or after October 1, 1983, may be accepted by a register of deeds for recording unless beneath the signature of the grantor, grantee, if it appears on the instrument, and the person taking the acknowledgement, the name of each signer is typed or printed. Names used for indexing must be indexed as typed or printed under each signature. A name may be typed or printed under a signature at the registry of deeds by the person bringing the instrument to the registry, as long as the name is typed or printed on the instrument prior to the certification on the instrument under section 653 of the time when the instrument was received. The register of deeds may return documents that are not legible for recording and archival purposes.   [PL 1993, c. 230, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 57 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 530, §8 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 230, §1 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 651-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §651-B. Privacy protection

 §651-B. Privacy protection 1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   A. "Personal information" means an individual's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the data elements described in this paragraph:   (1) Social security number;   (2) Driver's license number or state identification card number;   (3) Account number, credit card number or debit card number if circumstances exist such that the number could be used without additional identifying information, access codes or passwords;   (4) Account passwords or personal identification numbers or other access codes; or   (5) Any of the data elements contained in subparagraphs (1) to (4) when not in connection with the individual's first name, or first initial, and last name if the information included would be sufficient to permit a person to fraudulently assume or attempt to assume the identity of the person whose information was included.   [PL 2007, c. 626, §1 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 626, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Personal information on registry's website.  If a document that includes an individual's personal information is recorded with a register of deeds and is available on the registry's publicly accessible website, the individual may request that the register of deeds redact that personal information from the record available on the website. The register shall establish a procedure by which individuals make such requests at no fee to the requesting individual. The register shall comply with an individual's request to redact personal information.   [PL 2007, c. 626, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 626, §1 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 652 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §652. Recording plans

 §652. Recording plans The county commissioners shall provide, at the expense of the several counties, suitable storage for plans with a minimum size of 11 by 17 and a maximum of 24 by 36 inches in dimension, for the preservation of such plans.   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).]A plan may not be accepted for recording unless all of the following criteria are met. The plan must:   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).]1.  Materials.  For a plan dated before January 1, 2020, be drawn upon strong linen cloth or polyester film with archival photographic image or white 20-pound paper. For a plan dated on or after January 1, 2020, the plan must be submitted on white paper with a minimum weight of 20 pounds;   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).] 2.  Seals.  Be embossed, sealed or both, with the seal of an architect, professional engineer or professional land surveyor;   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).] 3.  Signature.  Contain the signature and address of the person who prepared the plan;   [PL 1991, c. 497, §1 (NEW).] 4.  Recording information.  Provide a register's block no smaller than 3 by 3 inches for recording the county, date, time, plan book and page or file number and register's attest; and   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).] 5.  Title.  Provide a title block containing the name of the plan, the record owner's name and address, the location by street and town and the date of the plan.   [PL 1991, c. 497, §1 (NEW).] Paper plans submitted for recording must be rolled and not folded. The register may return plans that are not legible for recording and archival purposes and the processing of which may damage county equipment or resources. The register shall permanently file the original, create a digital image of the plan at a minimum of 300 dots per inch or 300 pixels per inch and maintain a copy for public inspection in paper or digital image form. Each plan must be microfilmed for archival purposes. Each register shall maintain an index of all plans on record in the register's office.   [PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).]The several registers shall establish, and thereafter adhere to, reasonable standards for the implementation of reproducing copies of original plans as recorded. Reproduction must be on a scale of one to one and must be accomplished with the least possible error and distortion. Methods of reproduction must be to standards in keeping with accepted engineering and survey practices.   [PL 1991, c. 497, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 448 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 485 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 497, §1 (RPR). PL 2001, c. 667, §C18 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 55, §2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 439, §1 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 653 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §653. Time of recording; verification

 §653. Time of recording; verification A register shall, at the time of receiving a deed or instrument for record, certify on the deed or instrument the day and the hour and minute when it was received and the book number and page number where the document is located. If the deed or instrument does not have sufficient room on the page or pages for the location of the recording information so that the register is required to add an additional page for the placement of the recording information, the register may charge in addition to any other fees allowed by law a fee of $2 for each page the register is required to add. An instrument is considered recorded at the time when it was received and that time must be entered on the record. The register shall enter that time, the names of the grantor and grantee and the name of the town or unincorporated place as shown by the instrument in which the property affected is located in a record kept for that purpose and open to inspection in business hours. The register may not permit a deed or instrument for the conveyance of real estate to be altered, amended or withdrawn until it is fully recorded and examined. The record must be verified as a true record of the original document by comparing the indexing record and the copy kept for public inspection, as described in section 651, to the original document before the original document is allowed to leave the registry office.   [PL 2003, c. 55, §3 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 15 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 55, §3 (RPR).
33 ME Rev Stat § 654 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §654. Miscellaneous records

 §654. Miscellaneous records Registers shall receive and record all certificates in equitable proceedings, copies of judgments and decrees certified by the clerk of courts in the county where the complaint is pending or the judgment or decree is rendered, certified copies of the proceedings of any court, corporation, municipal body or other tribunal through or by which the right of eminent domain has been or may be exercised to affect the title to real estate, copies of portions of wills devising real estate situated in their respective counties or districts and all other instruments that they are by law required to record. They shall receive all copies of seizures on execution and special attachments made and attested by any officer of real property situate in their respective counties or districts and certify on them the time when they are received, and certificates of advertised stallions and copies of processes against domestic corporations filed for service by officers in the registry, keep them on file for the inspection of parties interested and enter them in suitable records properly indexed.   [PL 2003, c. 55, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 55, §4 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 654-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §654-A. Certain county records of deeds to be copied; legal effect (REPEALED)

 §654-A. Certain county records of deeds to be copied; legal effect (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 425, §20A (NEW). PL 2003, c. 55, §5 (RP).
33 ME Rev Stat § 655 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §655. Town records to State Archivist for safekeeping

 §655. Town records to State Archivist for safekeeping All persons, other than registers of deeds, having possession of or owning the records of the original proprietors of any town or plantation in this State, may deliver the same to the State Archivist for preservation and safekeeping.   [PL 1973, c. 28, §14 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 441, §6 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 318, §14 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 28, §14 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 656 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 11: REGISTER OF DEEDS|Subchapter 2: RECORDS AND RECORDING|33 §656. Owner of original records reimbursed for safekeeping (REPEALED)

 §656. Owner of original records reimbursed for safekeeping (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 441, §7 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 318, §15 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 28, §15 (RP).