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§ 153 — Priority of deed concerning lands or tenements

Delaware·Title 25·Part General Provisions·Ch. 1 DEEDS·Subch. Recording
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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