Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §201, first ¶ is amended to read:

No conveyance of an estate in fee simple, fee tail or for life, or lease for more than 2 years or for an indefinite term is effectual against any person except the grantor, his the grantor's heirs and devisees, and persons having actual notice thereof unless the deed or lease is acknowledged and recorded in the registry of deeds within the county where the land lies, and if the land is in 2 or more counties then the deed or lease shall must be recorded in the registry of deeds of each of such counties, and in counties where there are 2 or more registry districts then the deed or lease shall must be recorded in the district legal for such record. The municipal map number and lot number must be noted on the deed or lease prior to recording. Conveyances of the right, title or interest of the grantor, if duly recorded, shall be are as effectual against prior unrecorded conveyances, as if they purported to convey an actual title. All recorded deeds, leases or other written instruments regarding real estate take precedence over unrecorded attachments and seizures.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that the municipal map number and lot number be noted on a deed prior to recording the deed.