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Merrill Lynch Multi-State Limited Maturity
Municipal Series Trust
November 22, 1995
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Multi-State Limited Maturity
Municipal Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-50417;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6282)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Multi-State Limited Maturity Municipal Series
Trust (the "Trust") hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 1995.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL
LIMITED MATURITY SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ ROBERT HARRIS
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Robert Harris
Secretary
