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certificates and notices affecting the liens shall must be filed in
with the registry of deeds in that the county or counties within
which the affected property is situated.

 
Sec. 4. 33 MRSA §1903, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. D,
§23 and affected by §30, is further amended to read:

 
4. Timber, mineral and other liens. Notices of federal liens
upon personal property of a type in which a security interest is
perfected under Title 11, section 9-1501, subsection (1),
paragraph (a), for obligations payable to the United States and
certificates and notices affecting the liens, must be filed in
with the registry of deeds in the county or counties where a
mortgage on the real estate concerned would be filed or recorded.

 
Sec. 5. 33 MRSA §1905, as amended by PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. D, §24
and affected by §30, is further amended to read:

 
§1905. Duties of filing officer

 
1. Notices. If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a
notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any
certificate described in subsection 2 is presented to a filing
officer who is for filing to:

 
A. The Secretary of State, the filing officer shall cause
the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with
Title 11, section 9-1519, as if the notice were a financing
statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code,
Title 11, except that if the property is of a type in which
a security interest is perfected under Title 5, section 90-
A, the Secretary of State shall cause the notice to be
marked, held and indexed in accordance with the procedures
established under Title 5, section 90-A, as if the notice
were a financing statement within the meaning of that
section; or

 
B. A register of deeds, the filing officer shall receive,
record and index the notice in the same manner as similar
instruments are recorded and indexed.

 
2. Certificates. If a certificate of release, nonattachment,
discharge or, subordination of any lien or withdrawal of a filed
notice of federal tax lien is presented to the Secretary of State
for filing, the filing officer shall:

 
A. Cause a certificate of release or, nonattachment or
withdrawal of a filed notice of federal tax lien to be marked,
held and indexed as if the certificate were a


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