§ 34-26-3 - Methods of discharge. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-26-3

   § 34-26-3  Methods of discharge. – A mortgage may be discharged in whole or in part by an entry acknowledging thesatisfaction thereof or the payment thereon, as the case may be, made on theface or back of the mortgage, or upon the face or margin of the record of themortgage, in the records of land evidence, and signed by the mortgagee or byhis or her executor, administrator, successor, or, if the mortgage be assigned,by the assignee or his or her executor or administrator; and such entry shallhave the same effect as a deed of release duly acknowledged and recorded.