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Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 697
INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
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CHAPTER 697
CHAPTER 697
INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
697.01
Instruments deemed mortgages.
697.02
Nature of a mortgage.
697.03
Cooperative association mortgages.
697.04
Future advances may be secured.
697.05
Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition; requirements as to contents; penalties for violations; exemptions.
697.06
Prepayment of note.
697.07
Assignment of rents.
697.08
Equity skimming.
697.10
Liability for error in mortgage deed or note.