Conversion Table

Effective Dates

100 - General Policy

101 - Title defect - notice to prior examiner
102 - Protection of abstract
103 - View of premises
104 - Land use laws
105 - Online Indices

200 - Abstracting and Indexing

201 - Period of search
202 - Indices to be searched
203 - Reliance on index - municipality
204 - Reliance on index - instrument
205 - Abstract of conveyance
206 - Abstract of probate
207 - Abstract of court records
208 - "State of Maine" as grantee
209 - Coastal Island Registry
210 - Differing forms of names
211 - Business names
212 - Condominiums

300 - Instruments

301 - Affidavits
302 - Power of attorney
303 - Late recording
304 - Lack of witnesses
305 - Sheriff's deed
306 - Warranty deed of "all right, title and interest"
307 - Deed restrictions
308 - Grantees' outstanding obligations
309 - Acknowledgment by spouse
310 - Form of Acknowledgement
311 - Delivery and Recording of Documents
312 - Evidence for Consideration

400 - Parties

401 - Name change
402 - Corporate officer's authority
403 - Corporate officer's execution
404 - Trusts
405 - Self-dealing fiduciaries
406 - Unincorporated grantee
407 - Partnership/Limited Liability Partnership
408 - Joint tenancy creation
409 - Joint tenancy - consideration
410 - Joint tenancy - conveyance of fraction
411 - Death of joint tenant
412 - Bankruptcy conveyance
413 - Closed bankruptcy
414 - Limited Liability Company

501 - Need for survey
502 - Reliance on plan
503 - Streets
504 - Exceptions and reservations
505 - Below low water
506 - Tidal flats

600 - Mortgages and foreclosures

601 - Assignment by deed
602 - Priorities
603 - Merger
604 - Discharge of duplicate mortgages
605 - Discharge by one mortgagee
606 - Discharge by Maine executor
607 - Discharge by Maine executor - time lag
608 - Undischarged mortgage
609 - Foreclosure
610 - Foreclosure against military personnel

700 - Probate

701 - Lack of probate
702 - Ancillary probate
703 - Creditor’s claims
704 - Conveyance after foreclosure
705 - Fiduciary sale - nonresident heirs
706 - Lack of PR’s deed
707 - Nonresident Owners
708 - Inheritance and Estate Taxes

800 - Marital rights

801 - Non-owner spouse
802 - Reserved - see 801
803 - Reserved - see 801
804 - Divorce

900 - Municipal taxation

901 - Discharge of tax liens
902 - Tax titles
903 - Conveyance to deceased taxpayer

Index

Index Of Case Decisions Cited In The Maine Title Standards