Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions
Section 47-19-57 - Authority of mortgagee designated as nominee or agent - Retroactive application1. An assignment, satisfaction, or release is entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and is sufficient to assign, satisfy, or release a mortgage if: a. A mortgage is granted to a mortgagee as nominee or agent for a third party identified in the mortgage, and the third party's successors and assigns;b. A subsequent assignment, satisfaction, or release of the mortgage is executed by the mortgagee or the third party, its successors or assigns; andc. The assignment, satisfaction, or release is in recordable form.2. The county recorder shall rely upon the recorded assignment, satisfaction, or release in subsection 1 to assign, satisfy, or release the mortgage.3. This section applies to any mortgage assignment, satisfaction, or release executed, recorded, or filed before, on, or after August 1, 2009.