§ 55-66.6. Recordation of certificate of satisfaction, etc., required when release of lien recorded
Whenever a release of a deed of trust or other obligation shall be admitted to record in the office of the clerk of any circuit court, such clerk shall record a certificate of satisfaction or certificate of partial satisfaction, stating that such deed or other obligation is released. The fee charged by the clerk for recording such release shall be paid by the lien debtor. Such certificate shall be indexed in the name of the grantors and grantees of the instrument being released. If any clerk fails for ten days to do anything required of him by this section, he shall be liable for any damage which any person may sustain by reason of such failure and shall pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100.
(Code 1919, § 3402; 1975, c. 469; 1979, c. 648; 1991, c. 414; 1993, c. 39.)
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