LD 1915
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LR 1604
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in writing signed by the officer stating the amount of such rate,
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge and describing the real
estate on which it is assessed, alleging that a lien is claimed on
the real estate to secure the payment thereof of the rate, toll,
impact fee, assessment or charge and demanding its payment within
10 days after the service of such notice. After the expiration of
the 10 days and within 10 days thereafter, in the case of a
resident, and in all other cases within 1 year from the date of
commitment of the rate, toll or charge to said officer, the officer
shall record in the registry of deeds of York county a certificate
signed by him the officer setting forth the amount of such rate,
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge, a description of the real
estate on which the same is assessed and an allegation that a lien
is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment of the rate,
toll, impact fee, assessment or charge, that a demand for payment
of the same has been made in accordance with the provisions of this
act and that the rate, toll, impact fee, assessment or charge
remains unpaid. In all cases, except in the case of a resident,
the certificate so filed need not contain the allegation that
payment of the rate, toll or charge has been demanded. At the time
of the recording of the certificate in the registry of deeds as
herein provided in this section, the officer shall file in the
office of the district a true copy of the certificate and also mail
by registered letter to each record holder of a mortgage on said
the real estate, addressed to him the record holder at his the
record holder's last and usual place of abode, a true copy of the
certificate. The fee to be charged for such notice and filing
shall be $1 is $13 plus all fees for certified mail, return receipt
requested, and the fee of the register of deeds for such filing
shall be $1 are the fees established by the Maine Revised Statutes,
Title 33, section 751, which fees shall become an expense of the
person owing the rate, toll, impact fee, assessment or charge. The
filing of the aforesaid certificate in the registry of deeds as
aforesaid shall be is deemed to create a mortgage on the real
estate to the district having priority over all other mortgages,
liens, attachments and encumbrances of any nature, except liens,
attachments and claims for taxes, and shall give gives to the
district all the rights usually incident to a mortgage, except that
the mortgagee shall does not have any right of possession of the
real estate until the right of redemption herein provided for shall
have in this section has expired.

 
If the mortgage, together with interest and costs, shall are
not have been paid within 18 months after the date of filing of
the certificate in the registry of deeds as herein provided in
this section, the mortgage shall be is deemed to have been be
foreclosed and the right of redemption to have expired.

 
The filing of the certificate in the registry of deeds shall
be is sufficient notice of the existence of the mortgage herein
provided for in this section.


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