New Jersey Release of Mortgage Overview

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Use this form to release a previously recorded mortgage document when it is (paid and satisfied.) the lender/releasor to avoid penalty, generally has 30 days after notification that the loan has been paid to release a mortgage document. For use by lender/mortgagee, (a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union or other corporation engaged in the business of making or purchasing mortgage loans.) (46:18-11.2 (1a))

((2) The mortgagee shall have the right to receive from the mortgagor the amount of the fee charged by the county recording officer to cancel the mortgage plus an additional service fee from the mortgagor, which service fee shall not exceed $25 or such higher amount which the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance may approve by regulation, provided the mortgagor has received notice of the fees required by the mortgagee. The mortgagee may collect the service fee at the time of the mortgage transaction or at the time the mortgage is redeemed, paid and satisfied. The fee charged by the county recording officer to cancel the mortgage of record shall be collectible at the time the mortgage is redeemed, paid and satisfied.) ((46:18-11.2 (2))

(c. If the final payment is made in cash, by certified check or cashier's check, the mortgage shall be deemed paid, satisfied and redeemed upon receipt of the cash, certified check or cashier's check by the mortgagee, his agents or assigns.) ((46:18-11.2 (2c))

(New Jersey ROM Package includes form, guidelines, and completed example) For use in New Jersey only.

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