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1989

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CHAPTER 177 AN ACT REQUIRING THE RECITAL OF AN ADDRESS BY A MORTGAGEE AND AN ASSIGNEE OF A MORTGAGE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 183 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 6B the following section:-

Section 6C. Every mortgage and assignment of a mortgage presented for record shall contain or have endorsed upon it the residence and post office address of the mortgagee or assignee if said mortgagee or assignee is a natural person, or a business address, mail address or post office address of the mortgagee or assignee if the mortgagee or assignee is not a natural person. Such endorsement shall be recorded as part of the mortgage or assignment of a mortgage. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any mortgage or assignment of a mortgage or the recording thereof. No register of deeds shall accept a mortgage or assignment of a mortgage for recording unless it is in compliance with the requirements of this section.

Approved June 27, 1989.