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MUSIC: Wynton Marsalis, Classic Wynton (Recorded 1984-1998). ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE EAT CUPCAKES!!! Wed: Course Evaluations Thu: Make-Up Class; Start Chapter 8. NOTICE & THE RECORDING SYSTEM continued. 3 Kinds of Recording Acts. Race Notice Race-Notice. 3 Kinds of Recording Acts. Race
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MUSIC: Wynton Marsalis, Classic Wynton (Recorded 1984-1998) ANNOUNCEMENTS • PLEASE EAT CUPCAKES!!! • Wed: Course Evaluations • Thu: Make-Up Class; Start Chapter 8
3 Kinds of Recording Acts • Race • Notice • Race-Notice
3 Kinds of Recording Acts • Race • 1st to Record Wins • N.C. + La. + Del. for all interests • Some others for some specific interests • Notice • Race-Notice
3 Kinds of Recording Acts • Race • Notice • Protects BFP for Value ag. Prior unrecorded interests regardless of when or if BFP records • About half the states (e.g. TX + FL) • Race-Notice
3 Kinds of Recording Acts • Race • Notice • Race-Notice • Protects BFP for Value ag. prior unrecorded interests only if BFP records 1st • About half the states (e.g. NY + CA)
DQ119: Situation 1 OA OB (BFP) B records [O B deed] A records [O A deed] WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: • NOTICE: • RACE-NOTICE:
DQ119: Situation 1 OA OB (BFP) B records [O B deed] A records [O A deed] WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: B • NOTICE: B • RACE-NOTICE: B
DQ119: Situation 2 OA A records OB B records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: • NOTICE: • RACE-NOTICE:
DQ119: Situation 2 OA A records OB B records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: A • NOTICE: A • RACE-NOTICE: A
Moral of Situations 1 & 2: If you record immediately, you are always in the best position possible.
DQ119: Situation 3 OA OB (NOT BFP) B records A records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: • NOTICE: • RACE-NOTICE:
DQ119: Situation 3:RACE STATUTE: PROTECTS BAD FAITH PURCHASER WHO RECORDS FIRST OA OB (NOT BFP) B records A records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: B • NOTICE: A • RACE-NOTICE: A
DQ119: Situation 4 OA OB (BFP) A records B records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: • NOTICE: • RACE-NOTICE:
DQ119: Situation 4:NOTICE STATUTE: PROTECTS BFP EVEN IF DOESN’T RECORD FIRST OA OB (BFP) A records B records WHO WINS IN …? • RACE: A • NOTICE: B • RACE-NOTICE: A
DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes Purchasing from Ms. Carr. How do you begin?
DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes Purchasing from Ms. Carr. • Check grantee index under Carr going backward from present.You find record of deed: Bilenki Carr (1984). What now?
DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes Purchasing from Ms. Carr. • Deed: Bilenki Carr (1984). • Check grantee index under Bilenki going backward from 1984.You find record of deed: Anderson Bilenki (1969). What now?
DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes Purchasing from Ms. Carr. • Deed: Bilenki Carr (1984). • Deed: Anderson Bilenki (1969). • Check grantee index under Bilenki going backward from 1984.You find record of deed: U.S. Govt Anderson (1962).What now?
From Grantee Index: Bilenki Carr (1984). Anderson Bilenki (1969). U.S.Govt Anderson (1962) Check grantor index to see if Anderson conveyed any interests between 1962 and 1969. You find nothing until Anderson Bilenki deed in 1969. What Next? DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes
From Grantee Index: Bilenki Carr (1984). Anderson Bilenki (1969). U.S.Govt Anderson (1962) Anderson Bilenki (1969). Check grantor index to see if Bilenki conveyed any interests between 1969 and 1984. You find easement granted to Electric Co. in 1971 & nothing else until Bilenki Carr deed in 1984. What Next? DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes
From Grantee Index: Bilenki Carr (1984). Anderson Bilenki (1969). U.S.Govt Anderson (1962) From Grantor Index Anderson Bilenki (1969). Bilenki Elec. Co. (1971) (Easement) Bilenki Carr (1984). Check grantor index to see if Carr conveyed any interests between 1984 and the present PLUS Check to see if Electric Co. released or transferred the easement. Nothing Additional. What Next? DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes
From Grantee Index: Bilenki Carr (1984). Anderson Bilenki (1969). U.S.Govt Anderson (1962) From Grantor Index Anderson Bilenki (1969). Bilenki Elec. Co. (1971) (Easement) Bilenki Carr (1984). Check all documents uncovered through index for content and references to unrecorded interests. DQ119: Title Search with Grantor-Grantee Indexes
Tract Indexes • Index transactions by location not names of parties • Much easier to use for most types of transactions • Exist almost everywhere privately; and as official public record in a few jurisdictions • Many states have rules based on grantor-grantee indexes even if public or private tract indexes exist
Shelter Rule (Notice Jurisd.) OA OB (BFP) A records In a notice jurisdiction, B wins over A as a subsequent BFP even though A recorded first Note that for A’s recording to serve as notice to B, it must have taken place prior to the time B purchases the land.
Shelter Rule (Notice Jurisd.) OA OB(BFP) A records BC Who wins A v. C? • The OA deed is recorded before C’s purchase so C is not a BFP.
Shelter Rule (Notice Jurisd.) OA OB(BFP) A records BC Who wins A v. C? C is not a BFP BUT: Shelter rule: Subsequent purchaser from BFP stands in shoes of BFP and defeats prior interest • even if not BFP • unless original grantor WHY?
Shelter Rule (Notice Jurisd.) OA OB (BFP) A records BC Protects title of a BFP from recording or adverse publicity that occurs subsequent to purchase. Otherwise, B couldn’t sell, so victory over A worthless
Tattler Exclusive: Seller’s Friends Say Not Surprised. Buyers Confused, Angry: WhoWill Get the Land and Who Will Have to Chase After Ortiz? Ortiz Sells Land to Both Albrecht and Bowen; Flees to Cayman Islands
Shelter Rule (Notice Jurisd.) Ortiz Albrecht Ortiz Bowen (BFP) Massive Publicity on Slow News Day Bowen Chamoff (Actual Notice; Not BFP) Chamoff wins over Albrecht to give value to Bowen’s interest
CHAIN OF TITLE PROBLEMS Problems in way things are recorded or indexed that frustrate basic search. If significant enough: • Can mean no record notice • Can mean not “recorded” for purpose of race-notice
CHAIN OF TITLE PROBLEMS: EXAMPLES (FYI; not tested) • Documents recorded out of usual order • Document refers to several lots w/o listing individually (all land owned by X) • Same person referred to by different name on later document (misspelling or name change(s))
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index going forward?
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1950 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1952 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1957: Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1959 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1964 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1975 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1976 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner
1948 Grant to Elizabeth Taylor Where do you look in the grantor index? 1991 Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky