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Title 33, Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
Subchapter 1: ESTATES PASSING
33 §151. Items covered by deed
33 §151-A. Definitions
33 §152. Contingent estates
33 §153. Sale or mortgage of estates subject to contingent remainders
33 §154. -- notice; appointment of next friend of minors
33 §155. -- bond of trustees; disposal of proceeds of sale
33 §156. Entailments barred by conveyance in fee simple
33 §157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned
33 §158. Conveyance for life and to heirs in fee
33 §159. Conveyances to 2 or more persons
33 §160. -- mortgage or trust
33 §161. Quitclaim or release
33 §162. No estate greater than tenancy at will unless by writing
33 §163. Private transfer fee obligations void and unenforceable
Subchapter 1-A: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES
33 §171. Definitions
33 §172. Applicability; exemptions
33 §173. Required disclosures
33 §173-A. Information provided
33 §174. Delivery and time of disclosure; cancellation of contract
33 §175. Change in circumstances
33 §176. Rights and duties of seller and purchaser
33 §177. Liability
33 §178. Effect on other statutes or common law
33 §179. Effective date
Subchapter 1-B: NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES
33 §191. Definitions
33 §192. Applicability; exemptions
33 §193. Disclosures
33 §194. Delivery and time of disclosure; cancellation of contract
Subchapter 2: RECORDING
33 §201. Priority of recording
33 §201-A. Conditions of actual notice
33 §201-B. Notice; construction of provisions
33 §202. Failure to record, effect of
33 §203. Need for acknowledgment
33 §204. Deed lost before recording
33 §205. Certified copies of deeds recorded in other registries
33 §206. Recording by compulsion
33 §207. Recording master form
33 §208. Indexing
33 §209. Incorporating master form
33 §210. Recording instrument incorporating master forms
Subchapter 3: EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Article 1: COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
33 §251. Appointment; powers
33 §252. Legal effect of official acts
33 §253. Administration of oaths and depositions
33 §254. Qualifications and seal
Article 2: PROOF OF EXECUTION
33 §301. Grantor dead or out of State
33 §302. Witness dead or absent
33 §303. Grantor refusing to acknowledge
33 §304. Proof before justice of the peace after summons
33 §305. Certification
33 §306. -- indorsement of certificate of acknowledgment
Subchapter 3-A: VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES
33 §331. Electronic signatures not valid on certain real property documents (REPEALED)
Subchapter 4: VALIDATION OF DEFECTS
33 §351. Acknowledgments after commission expired
33 §352. Defective acknowledgments
33 §353. Miscellaneous defects (REPEALED)
33 §353-A. Miscellaneous defects
33 §353-B. Defects in plats
Subchapter 5: TIMBER AND WOODLANDS
33 §401. Cutting and sale of trees; order of court
33 §402. -- proceeds invested; income appropriated
33 §403. -- appointment of trustees; bond
Subchapter 6: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
33 §451. Rights of aliens
33 §452. Deeds and contracts by agents
33 §453. Conveyances for use of county
33 §454. Church pews
33 §455. Agreements to treat building as personal property
33 §456. Address of buyer
33 §457. Error or omission of mailing address
33 §458. Easements or rights-of-way; installation of utility services
33 §459. Easements and rights-of-way; installation of docks
Subchapter 7: TITLE TO ROADS AND WAYS
33 §460. Conveyance of land abutting a road or way
33 §461. Prior conveyances
33 §462. Preservation of claims by filing of notice within 2 years
33 §463. Filing of notice; recording fee
33 §464. Persons under a disability; 2-year period not suspended
33 §465. Abutters own the centerline of road or way
33 §466. -- State and municipal owned roads
33 §467. -- public easement acquired over opposite sides of road or way in unequal proportion
33 §468. Statutes of limitation not extended
33 §469. Liberal construction
33 §469-A. Title to proposed, unaccepted ways
Subchapter 8: OMITTED MARITAL RELEASE
33 §470. Failure of spouse to join in release of right and interest by descent
33 §471. Preservation of claims by filing of notice
33 §472. Filing of notice; recording fee; indexing
33 §473. Persons under disability; 2-year period not suspended
33 §474. Statutes of limitations not extended; bar or release not affected
33 §475. Liberal construction
Subchapter 8-A: CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
33 §476. Definitions
33 §477. Creation, conveyance, acceptance and duration
33 §477-A. Conservation easement standards
33 §478. Judicial actions
33 §479. Validity
33 §479-A. Applicability
33 §479-B. Uniformity of application and construction
33 §479-C. Conservation lands registry
Subchapter 9: SIGNATURE OF A NONOWNER SPOUSE
33 §480. Signature of nonowner
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