{"data":{"id":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-202","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"33 M.R.S. §202","heading":"Failure to record, effect of","body":"A deed purporting to convey an absolute estate in land cannot be defeated by an instrument intended as a defeasance, as against any other person than the maker, his heirs and devisees, unless such instrument is recorded in the registry where the deed is recorded.","path":["TITLE 33: PROPERTY","CHAPTER 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER 2: RECORDING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/33/title33sec202.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"0e012d92023871c65b3477fad3907f94bd6000a200d0b67eee9bd5b867d9f288","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-201-b","next":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}