Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1914 — Deeds Must Be Recorded More Promptly Hereafter. [ARTICLE]

Deeds Must Be Recorded More Promptly Hereafter.

Upder the new Indiana law, passed at the last session of the legislature, every deed and other document conveying title to or affecting real estate must be placed on record on or before February 14, 1914, the penalty being subsequent documents, placed on file within forty-five days after having been made, will take precedence in all questions affecting the title to realty,in this state. Under the provisions of the new law relating to the recording of deeds, all such documents must be filed with the recorder of the. county in which the real estate is situated within forty-five days after having been signed and acknowledged. The new law took effect on January Ist of the present year, and this means that every deed in existence at that date must be filed within forty-five days from Jan. 1, and Feb. 14 is the forty-fifth day—, the dead lyie beyond which it is not safe to go. In the event of failure to do so, any deed subsequently filed will hold precedence and may result in the tardy owners losing their property. Warranty deeds, mortgage deeds, hens, in fact all documents relating to land and which the law requires to be of record is included in the sweeping provisions of the new law which went into effect Jan. 1 and which made Feb. 14 the first day when violations of the provisions might be visited by severe losses to negligent owners of real estate.

The new law was enacted for the purpose of compelling a more general practice of recording real estate instruments as soon as possible after their signatures and % acknowledgment. This will greatly facilitate the clearing up of titles and will eliminate all possible danger incurred by the recording of later deeds. _