The executor of the will or administrator of the estate of any deceased mortgagee, or the spouse or next of kin, or other suitable person whom the court considers to have a sufficient interest, to whom a decree is issued under section 45a-273, and any guardian whose ward, or conservator whose conserved person, as defined in section 45a-644, is a mortgagee, may, on the payment, satisfaction or sale of the mortgage debt, release the legal title to the party entitled thereto.
(1949 Rev., S. 7115; P.A. 79-193, S. 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 131, 186; P.A. 81-82, S. 2; P.A. 07-116, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 79-193 authorized spouse or next of kin to release legal title; P.A. 80-483 made slight change in wording for clarity; P.A. 81-82 permitted any suitable person deemed to have a sufficient interest by the court to release a mortgage of a deceased mortgagee; P.A. 07-116 substituted “considers” for “deems”, added “or conservator whose conserved person, as defined in section 45a-644” and made a conforming change.
Mortgage title does not revest by payment of mortgage money after law day. 17 C. 146. Under section, part of the land may be released on payment of part of the debt. 50 C. 266.
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