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Maine online deed business gains court victory against counties
04.21.2011
Published by The Portland Press Herald
CUMBERLAND FORESIDE - Following a favorable court ruling last week, a local entrepreneur is one step closer to launching an online clearinghouse of county deed records.
John Simpson of Cumberland has been in court for the last year and a half, battling six counties – Cumberland, Knox, Penobscot, Aroostook, York and Androscoggin – for electronic copies of property deeds and other documents.
Simpson hasn't yet received the records, but in February a Cumberland County judge ruled in his favor, ordering the counties to provide the documents at a reasonable fee.
And last Tuesday, the counties' request for a stay pending appeal was denied.
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