Except as provided by Sections 89-5-101 through 89-5-113, a conveyance of land shall not be good against a purchaser for a valuable consideration without notice, or any creditor, unless it be lodged with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the lands are situated to be recorded; but after filing with the clerk, the priority of time of filing shall determine the priority of all conveyances of the same land as between the several holders of such conveyances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-5-1
Recording instruments; conveyances, acknowledgment, priority
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Loup v. Great Plains Western Ranch Co. (In Re Great Plains Western Ranch Co.) (1984)
Most recently applied in 203 So. 3d 33 - Arlan Dorman v. Artis Franklin Power (October 2016)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 42, art. 1 (1); 1857, ch. 36, art. 19; 1871, § 2304; 1880, § 1209; 1892, § 2454; 1906, § 2784; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2288; 1930, § 2146; 1942, § 867;…
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