Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 6206 (2026)

Judgment where nothing due

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If it appears that nothing is due on the mortgage, judgment shall be rendered for the defendant and for his costs, and he shall hold the land discharged of the mortgage.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2024 · leading case: Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Patricia W. Deschaine, 2017 ME 190 (Me. 2017).

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Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Patricia W. Deschaine, 2017 ME 190 (Me. 2017). “See 14 M.R.S. § 6206 (2016) (“If it appears that nothing is due on the mortgage, judgment shall be rendered for the defendant and for his costs, and he shall hold the land discharged of the mortgage.”

Charles D. Finch v. U.S. Banik, N.A., 2024 ME 2 (Me. 2024). “” I recognize that nearly a century and a half ago we suggested, in conclusory terms, a contrary reading of a similar statute, see Mason v.”

Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Patricia W. Deschaine, 2017 ME 190 (Me. 2017). · cites it 2× “See 14 M.R.S. § 6206 (2016) (“If it appears that nothing is due on the mortgage, judgment shall be rendered for the defendant and for his costs, and he shall hold the land discharged of the mortgage.”

Finch v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (Me. Super. Ct 2018). “Deschaine, 2017 ME 190 ~ 37 ( "[B]ecause Fannie Mae is precluded from seeking to recover the underlying debt on the note, the court did not err by concluding, based on 14 M.R.S. § 6206, that the Deschaines were, as a matter of law, entitled to a judgment declaring that they hold…”

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