§ 321. Recording discharge of mortgage. 1. The recording officer shall\nmark on the record of a mortgage the word "discharged" when there is\npresented to him a certificate or certificates signed as hereinafter\nprovided, and acknowledged or proved and certified in like manner as to\nentitle a conveyance to be recorded, specifying that the mortgage has\nbeen paid or otherwise satisfied and discharged.\n (a) When it does not appear from the record that any interest in the\nmortgage has been assigned, the discharge shall be signed by the\nmortgagee or by his personal representative.\n (b) When it appears from the record that the mortgage has been\nassigned, whether or not the assignment was made as collateral security,\nthe discharge shall be signed by the person who appears from the record\nto be the last assignee thereof or by his personal representative.\n (c) When the mortgage or an assignment thereof names two or more\npersons as mortgagees or assignees, the discharge shall be signed by the\nperson or persons designated by the mortgage or assignment to receive\npayment of the mortgage debt or to give full acquittance and discharge\ntherefor. When no such person or persons are designated by the mortgage\nor assignment, the certificate of discharge shall be signed by all of\nthe persons named, in the mortgage or assignment, as mortgagees or\nassignees, as the case may be, or by their personal representatives, if\nthe mortgage or assignment (i) specifies their respective interest in\nterms of a sum of money, or in terms of a fraction or percentage, or\n(ii) states that such persons shall share equally in, or shall have\nequal shares in the mortgage, or (iii) describes such persons as tenants\nin common of the mortgage. When it appears from the record that the\nmortgage is held by trustees, the certificate of discharge shall be\nsigned by a majority of such trustees or of the survivors of them or by\nthe survivors or survivor of them, unless the instrument creating the\ntrust provides otherwise. Except as required above, the discharge may be\nsigned by any one of the persons named in the mortgage or assignment, as\nmortgagees or assignees, as the case may be, or by the personal\nrepresentative of the last survivor of them. If the mortgage or\nassignment states that the persons named therein as mortgagees or\nassignees shall hold the mortgage jointly, or describes such persons as\njoint tenants or tenants by the entirety of the mortgage, or expressly\ncreates a right of survivorship among them, the discharge may be signed\nby any one of such persons or by the personal representative of the last\nsurvivor of them notwithstanding that the mortgage or assignment\nspecifies their respective interests in the mortgage or states that they\nshall share equally or have equal shares therein.\n (d) When the mortgage has been partially assigned, the certificate of\ndischarge shall be signed by all of the persons, or their personal\nrepresentatives, who in the aggregate are the holders of all portions of\nthe mortgage, including each partial assignee, and the assignor in case\nany portion of the mortgage has not been assigned; provided, however,\nthat if any partial assignment names two or more persons as assignees,\nthe person or persons who may sign the certificate discharging such\npartial interest shall be determined in accordance with the provisions\nof paragraph (c) of this subdivision.\n (e) Whenever two or more persons are required to execute a certificate\nof discharge as provided in this subdivision, there may be presented in\nlieu of such certificate, separately executed certificates of discharge\nas to the respective interests of each in the mortgage so that together\nthe several certificates purport to discharge the entire mortgage.\n (f) In place of any of the persons specified in paragraphs (a), (b),\n(c) or (d) of this subdivision, a certificate of discharge of the\nmortgage or of any interest therein may be signed (i)
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