§501-101 Voluntary dealing with registered lands. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease, charge, or otherwise deal with the same as fully as if it had not been registered. The owner may use forms of deeds, mortgages, leases, or other voluntary instruments like those now in use and sufficient in law for the […]
§501-101.5 Agreements of sale; priority. (a) The rights of a buyer under an agreement of sale which has been duly filed and noted on the certificate of title in accordance with this chapter shall be entitled to priority over the claim of any other person with respect to the real estate covered by the agreement […]
§501-102 Filing liens, etc., notice. (a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, instrument, or entry affecting registered land, which would under existing laws, if recorded, filed, or entered in the bureau of conveyances, affect the real estate to which it relates, shall, if registered, filed, or recorded, or entered in the office of the assistant […]
§501-103 Conveyances of less than fee simple. No new certificate shall be entered or issued upon any transfer of registered land which does not divest the title in fee simple from the owner or one of the registered owners. Except as provided in sections 501-241 to 501-248, all interests in registered land less than an […]
§501-104 Reference of doubtful questions. Where the assistant registrar is in doubt upon any question, or where any party in interest does not agree as to the proper memorandum to be made in pursuance of any deed, mortgage, or other voluntary instrument presented for registration, the question shall be referred to the court for decision, […]
§501-105 Grantee’s address, etc., to be stated. (a) Every deed or other voluntary instrument presented for recording shall contain or have endorsed upon it the full name or names, if more than one, and the address of the grantee or other person acquiring or claiming an interest under the instrument and every document shall also […]
§501-106 Entry of new certificate. (a) No new certificate of title shall be entered, and no memorandum shall be made upon any certificate of title by the registrar or assistant registrar, except: (1) In pursuance of any deed or other voluntary instrument; (2) Upon the recording of a certificate of merger that merges two or […]
§501-107 Entry record; duplicates and certified copies. (a) The assistant registrar shall keep a record in which shall be entered all deeds and other voluntary instruments, and all copies of writs or other process filed or recorded with the assistant registrar relating to registered land. The assistant registrar shall note in the record the date […]
§501-108 Conveyance of fee; procedure. (a) An owner desiring to convey in fee registered land or any portion thereof shall execute a deed of conveyance, which the grantor or the grantee may present to the assistant registrar in the bureau of conveyances; provided that no deed, mortgage, lease, or other voluntary instrument shall be accepted […]
§501-109 Portion of registered fee. When a deed in fee is for part only of the land described in a certificate of title the assistant registrar shall also enter a new certificate to the grantor for the part of the land not included in the deed. In every case of transfer the new certificate or […]
§501-110 Statement of encumbrances. If at the time of any transfer there appears upon the registration book encumbrances or claims adverse to the title of the registered owner, they shall be stated in the new certificate or certificates, except as far as they may be simultaneously released or discharged and except as provided in sections […]