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§ 153 — Priority of deed concerning lands or tenements

Delaware § 153
JurisdictionDelaware
Title25
PartGeneral Provisions
Ch. 1DEEDS
Subch.Recording

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Del. Code tit. 25, § 153 (2026).

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A deed concerning lands or tenements shall have priority from the time that it is recorded in the proper office without respect to the time that it was signed, sealed and delivered.

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Legislative History

Code 1852, § 1630; 16 Del. Laws, c. 520, § 2 ; 17 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 2 ; Code 1915, § 3218; Code 1935, § 3680; 41 Del. Laws, c. 190, § 1 ; 25 Del. C. 1953, § 153; 56 Del. Laws, c. 318.

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