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KRS 382.080

Recording of conveyance for longer than five years and of marriage agreement

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Leckie Freeburn Coal Company v. Hamblin (1969)

Most recently applied in Ellington v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (March 2014)

Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky

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(1) No deed conveying any title to or interest in real property, or lease of oil, gas, coal or mineral right and privilege, for a longer time than five (5) years, nor any agreement in consideration of marriage, shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable consideration without notice thereof, or any creditor, unless the deed is acknowledged by the party who executes it, or is proved and lodged for record in the proper office, as prescribed by law.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply with like protection to the creditor of, or innocent purchaser from, the heir or devisee of the grantor.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.