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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 52-380d. (Formerly Sec. 49-46a). Release of judgment lien on real or personal property. Form.
Sec. 52-380d. (Formerly Sec. 49-46a). Release of judgment lien on real or personal property. Form. (a) A judgment lien on real or personal property may be released
by an instrument in writing signed by the lienholder or his attorney or by any personal
representative who signed the certificate of lien, setting forth that the judgment lien is
discharged.
(c) A release of a judgment lien filed on personal property pursuant to section 52-355a is sufficient if it contains a description of the property released, the name and address of the judgment creditor and judgment debtor, and the file number of the judgment lien certificate in the office of the Secretary of the State. On presentation of such a statement of release to the filing officer in the office of the Secretary of the State, the filing officer shall mark the statement with the hour and date of filing and shall note the same on the index. The release shall be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State. On filing, the Secretary of the State may charge the fee prescribed by section 42a-9-525 for filing and indexing a termination statement.
(1967, P.A. 120, S. 2; P.A. 78-280, S. 63, 127; P.A. 79-602, S. 105; P.A. 83-581, S. 15, 40; P.A. 96-180, S. 161, 166; P.A. 01-132, S. 175.)
History: P.A. 78-280 added references to judicial districts in release form; P.A. 79-602 substituted "the" or "that" for "such" where appearing; P.A. 83-581 replaced "executed, attested and acknowledged" with "signed", provided that the release may be signed by "any personal representative" who signed the certificate of lien, deleted a provision that the "instrument shall vest in the person or persons entitled thereto such legal title as is held by virtue of the lien", deleted suggested language for the release instrument, added Subsec. (b) re the information required in a release of a judgment lien on real property and the town clerk's responsibilities in connection therewith and added Subsec. (c) re the information required in a release of a judgment lien on personal property and the secretary of the state's responsibilities in connection therewith; Sec. 49-46a transferred to Sec. 52-380d in 1985; P.A. 96-180 made technical corrections in Subsec. (c), effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-403 with Sec. 42a-9-525.
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