Article 8 — Conveyances and Mortgages of Specific Estates

SECTION 240 Definitions and use of terms

SECTION 240-B Certain conveyances authorized; effect thereof

SECTION 240-C Joint tenancy severance

SECTION 241 Ancient conveyances abolished

SECTION 242 Disclosure prior to the sale of real property

SECTION 243 Grant of fee or freehold

SECTION 244 When grant takes effect

SECTION 245 Estate which passes by grant or devise

SECTION 246 Certain deeds declared grants

SECTION 247 Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate than possessed

SECTION 248 Effect of conveyance where property is leased

SECTION 249 Covenants in mortgages

SECTION 251 Covenants not implied

SECTION 252 Lineal and collateral warranties abolished

SECTION 253 Construction of covenants in grants of freehold interests

SECTION 254 Construction of clauses and covenants in mortgages and bonds or notes

SECTION 254-A Right of election of mortgagee in certain cases

SECTION 254-B Limitation on late charges

SECTION 254-C Right to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer reports in certain cases

SECTION 254-D Fees by mortgagee for direct payment of real property taxes by mortgagor prohibited

SECTION 255 Construction of grant of appurtenances and of all the rights and estate of grantor

SECTION 256 Construction of grant in executor's or trustee's deed of appurtenances, and of the estate of testator and grantor

SECTION 257 Covenants bind representatives of grantor and mortgagor and inure to the benefit of whom

SECTION 258 Short forms of deeds and mortgages

SECTION 259-C Provision in lease of real property for waiver of trial by jury in actions for personal injury or property damage

SECTION 260 Lands adversely held may be conveyed or mortgaged

SECTION 261 Maintenance of telegraph or other electric wires raises no presumption of grant

SECTION 265 Fraudulent intent, question of fact

SECTION 265-A Home equity theft prevention

SECTION 265-B Distressed property consulting contracts

SECTION 266 Rights of purchaser or incumbrancer for valuable consideration protected

SECTION 267 Conveyances with power to revoke, determine or alter

SECTION 268 Disaffirmance of fraudulent act by executor and others

SECTION 269 When remainderman may pay interest owed by life tenant

SECTION 270 Powers of courts of equity not abridged

SECTION 271 Construction of covenants in mortgages on leases of real property and bonds or notes

SECTION 272 Construction of grant of appurtenances, and all of the rights and estate of the mortgagor

SECTION 273 What form of mortgage on lease of real property

SECTION 274 Transfers and mortgages of interest in decedents' estates

SECTION 274-A Certificate of principal amount unpaid on mortgages of real property

SECTION 275 Certificate of discharge of mortgage required

SECTION 276 Effect of certain easements on the right to invest in mortgages

SECTION 277 Modification and extension of mortgage investment

SECTION 277-A Powers of fiduciaries and others holding guaranteed mortgages or mortgage investments

SECTION 278 Exchange of mortgage investment

SECTION 278-A Sale or exchange of certain real property or mortgage investments therein authorized

SECTION 279 Graduated payment mortgage

SECTION 280 Reverse mortgage loans for persons sixty years of age or older

SECTION 280-A Reverse mortgage loans for persons seventy years of age or older

SECTION 280-B Federal home equity conversion mortgage regulation

SECTION 280-D Federal home equity conversion mortgage default and foreclosure regulation

SECTION 281 Credit line mortgage

SECTION 282 Mortgagor's right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or proceedings arising out of foreclosures of residential property

SECTION 283 Limits on amount of flood insurance required by mortgagee