58-2333i. Mortgages or deeds of trust recorded between January 1, 1955, and January 1, 1965, declared void; mortgages or deeds of trust recorded on or after January 1, 1965, declared void; exceptions.
58-2333i
58-2333i. Mortgages or deeds of trust recorded between January 1, 1955,and January 1, 1965, declared void; mortgages or deeds of trust recorded on orafter January 1, 1965, declared void; exceptions.(a) Any mortgage or deed of trust against real propertylocatedin this state recorded on or after January 1, 1955, and before January 1, 1965,or referred to or described in any instrument of record within such periodshall be void, unless, prior to July 1, 1998, the owner and holder thereoffiles, in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which theproperty is located, an affidavit stating:
(1) The name and address of the owner and holder thereof;
(2) the nature of the claim;
(3) the amount due on the claim;
(4) the date of the last payment on the claim; and
(5) a description of the property.
(b) Any mortgage or deed of trust against real property located in thisstate recorded on or after January 1, 1965, or referred to or described in anyinstrument of record after such date, shall be void by operation of law if:
(1) More than 42 years shall have elapsed between the date ofthe initialrecording of the mortgage; and
(2) prior to July 1 of the year next preceding the date 42 yearsafterthe date of initial recording,an action is not commenced to foreclose the mortgage or deed oftrust, orthe owner and holder of the mortgage does notfile in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the propertyis located, an affidavit stating:
(A) The name and address of the owner and holder thereof;
(B) the nature of the claim;
(C) the amount due on the claim;
(D) the date of the last payment on the claim; and
(E) a description of the property.
(c) This section shall not apply to or affect mortgages, deeds of trust orliens against real property of railroad corporations recorded after January 1,1890.
(d) Infancy, incompetency or nonresidency shall not affect the operation ofthis act.
History: L. 1997, ch. 14, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 176, § 8;L. 1998, ch. 25, § 1; July 1.