TITLE 55

PROPERTY IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 8

RECORDING TRANSFERS

55-812.  Unrecorded conveyance void against subsequent purchasers. Every conveyance of real property other than a lease for a term not exceeding one (1) year, is void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee of the same property, or any part thereof, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, whose conveyance is first duly recorded.

History:

[(55-812) 1863, p. 528, sec. 25; R.S., sec. 3001; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3160; C.S., sec. 5424; I.C.A., sec. 54-812.]