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Q: what are my options to get released from a mortgage note on a property I no longer own?

9 years ago I turned the deed over to an individual on a real estate deal that has gone bad. The current owner wants too much money in return for the deed but the mortgage note is still in my name. The note is NOT assume able and his payments are very low (under my name). How do I either get my... View More

Terrence H Thorgaard
Terrence H Thorgaard
answered on Jul 15, 2016

Mortgages are seldom used in Alaska. Are you sure you are not talking about a deed of trust note?

In any rate, if you conveyed the property securing the mortgage or deed of trust, by executing a deed, you are in a difficult positon legally. You could, perhaps, argue that the deed was...
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Q: my land is being taken away from me from a village i moved away from.

When my children were young, I was able to qualify for a new low-income house. One of the stipulations was to own the land where they can put the house. I own land in my village, I never got to move into the house and moved away. Now they took away the house, which I do not mind, but they... View More

Terrence H Thorgaard
Terrence H Thorgaard
answered on Aug 17, 2015

As I understand what you are asking, you had title to the land and, on the basis of that title, the village is somehow taking the land away from you. Has the village filed some sort of a lawsuit to "take away" the property (land and house)?

One thing which makes this question...
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