SECTION 55-66.3.1. Release by financial institution upon payment of debt placed with it for collection  

In any case where a note, bond or other evidence of indebtedness placed by a creditor for collection with a bank, trust company, savings institution, small loan company or credit union is fully paid at such financial institution, the financial institution, through its authorized agents, may execute all certificates, releases and affidavits required of a creditor by this chapter to effectuate a release. The financial institution may execute and deliver to the clerk an affidavit to the effect that the financial institution had been acting as collecting agent for the creditor on the debt and that the debt has been paid in full at such institution.

1983, c. 220; 1996, c. 77 .