Sec. 49-21. Defendant to receive and file certificate of satisfaction or certificates of judgment of strict foreclosure or foreclosure by sale.
Sec. 49-21. Defendant to receive and file certificate of satisfaction or certificates of judgment of strict foreclosure or foreclosure by sale. When, in any action
of foreclosure, any defendant has paid the debt and costs and the title to the mortgaged
premises has become absolute in such defendant, or any person claiming under him, in
accordance with the provisions of sections 49-19 and 49-20, the plaintiff or person
receiving such payment, either in person or by his agent or attorney, shall sign and
deliver to the defendant a certificate of satisfaction of the judgment of foreclosure stating
the name and residence of the defendant. The certificate shall be filed by him forthwith
with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered. A certified copy of the
certificate of satisfaction of judgment, and of the judgment, or of a certificate of judgment
of strict foreclosure or a certificate of judgment of foreclosure by sale shall be forthwith
filed by the defendant for record in the land records of the town where such premises
are situated.
(1949 Rev., S. 7202; 1949, S. 2971d; P.A. 79-602, S. 79; P.A. 92-38, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 79-602 changed wording slightly but made no substantive changes; P.A. 92-38 required that certified
copies of certificates of judgment of strict foreclosure and certificates of judgment of foreclosure by sale be filed by
defendant on land records.
A certificate foreclosure merely evidential of title. 111 C. 507.
Where defendant owner redeems, title need not become absolute in defendant owner as a condition precedent to applicability of section. 77 CA 276.