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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 119th

CHAPTER 38

H.P. 161 - L.D. 223

An Act to Release Estate Tax Liens on Certain Real Estate

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4072, as amended by PL 1989, c. 42, §2, is further amended to read:

§4072. Lien for taxes

     All property subject to taxes under this chapter, in whatever form of investment it may happen to be, is charged with a lien for all taxes, interest and penalties which that are or may become due on that property. The lien does not attach to any real or personal property after the property has been sold or disposed of for value by the personal representative, trustee or surviving joint tenant. Upon payment of those taxes, interest and penalties due under this chapter, or upon determination that no tax is due, the State Tax Assessor shall upon request execute a discharge of the tax lien for recording in the appropriate registry or registries of deeds.

     Any lien that attached to real property prior to September 30, 1989 and after the property was sold or disposed of for value by the personal representative, trustee or surviving joint tenant is released by operation of this section.

Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.

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