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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 382 CONVEYANCES AND ENCUMBRANCES
382.270 Instruments not valid against purchasers or creditors unless acknowledged or proved -- Exemption for instruments otherwise lodged for record.
Download pdfshall be lodged for record and, thus, valid against a purchaser for a valuable
consideration, without notice thereof, or against creditors, until such deed or mortgage is
acknowledged or proved according to law. However, if a deed or deed of trust or
mortgage conveying a legal or equitable title to real property is not so acknowledged or
proved according to law, but is or has been otherwise lodged for record, such deed or
deed of trust or mortgage conveying a legal or equitable title to real property or creating a
mortgage lien on real property shall be deemed to be validly lodged for record for
purposes of KRS Chapter 382, and all interested parties shall be on constructive notice of
the contents thereof. As used in this section "creditors" includes all creditors irrespective
of whether or not they have acquired a lien by legal or equitable proceedings or by
voluntary conveyance. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 16, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts
ch. 83, sec. 16. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 496.
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