§16-38. Acknowledgments before deputy clerk of district court validated.
In all cases where heretofore any deputy clerk of the district court has taken acknowledgments of deeds, or other conveyances of real estate, in their respective counties, the same are hereby legalized and made binding, and such action shall have the same force and effect as if taken before some officer heretofore empowered by the […]
§16-73. Claims prior to date of root title as null and void.
Subject to matters stated in Section 2 hereof, such marketable record title shall be held by its owner and shall be taken by any person dealing with the land free and clear of all interests, claims or charges whatsoever, the existence of which depends upon any act, transaction, event or omission that occurred prior to […]
§16-86.5. Administration and standards.
ADMINISTRATION AND STANDARDS. (a) The Archives and Records Commission shall adopt standards to implement the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. (b) To keep the standards and practices of county clerks in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Real Property Electronic […]
§16-39. Justice of the Peace – Acknowledgments validated.
In all cases where, prior to May 16th, 1913, any Justice of the Peace has taken acknowledgments of deeds or other conveyances of real estate affecting and relating to real estate located in a county or counties other than the county in which such Justice of the Peace resided, such acknowledgments are hereby legalized and […]
§16-74. Filing of notice of claim – Disability or lack of knowledge – Thirty-year possession as deemed equivalent to filing notice.
(a) Any person claiming an interest in land may preserve and keep effective such interest by filing for record during the thirty-year period immediately following the effective date of the root of title of the person whose record title would otherwise be marketable, a notice in writing, duly verified by oath, setting forth the nature […]
§16-86.6. Uniformity of application and construction.
UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. In applying and construing the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. Added by Laws 2008, c. 295, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
§16-39a. Record of deeds, mortgages, etc., where acknowledgment defective – Validation.
All deeds, mortgages, conveyances, or other instruments affecting the title to real property in the state, the acknowledgment of which was taken and certificate of acknowledgment executed by a Justice of the Peace of the county wherein such real property is situated, and/or where any notarial acknowledgment was taken before a notary public of any […]
§16-75. Contents and recording of notice – Sham legal process.
A. To be effective and to be entitled to be recorded, the notice of claim of interest in land, referred to in Section 74 of this title, shall contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by such notice which description shall be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusions; […]
§16-40. Form of warranty deed.
A warranty deed to real estate may be substantially in the following form, towit: Know all men by these Presents: That____part__ of the first part, in consideration of the sum of ____ dollars, in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto ____ the following described […]
§16-76. Exceptions to application of act – Stray instruments – Root of title – Severed mineral interests.
A. Sections 71 through 80 of this title shall not be applied to bar any lessor or his successor as a reversioner of his right to possession on the expiration of any lease; or to bar or extinguish any mineral or royalty interest which has been severed from the fee simple title of the land; […]