Exhibit 5.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Sponsors and Trustee of
Municipal Investment Trust Fund--Multistate Series--217 (California
Intermediate, California Insured and Maryland Trusts), Defined Asset Funds:
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration
Statement No. 333-10433 of our opinion dated October 30, 2000 appearing in the
Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference
to us under the heading "How The Fund Works--Auditors" in such Prospectus.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, N.Y.
November 8, 2000
