West Virginia § 40-1-15 Purchaser not affected by record not in chain of title

West Virginia Statutes

§ 40-1-15 — Purchaser not affected by record not in chain of title

West Virginia § 40-1-15

Ch. 40ACTS VOID AS TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS

Art. 1ACTS GENERALLY VOID AS TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS

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W. Va. Code § 40-1-15 (2026).

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A purchaser shall not, under this article, or articles one, two and eleven, chapter thirty-eight of this code, be affected by the record of a deed or contract made by a person under whom his title is not derived; nor by the record of a deed or contract made by any person under whom the title of such purchaser is derived, if it was made by such person, and was recorded, before he acquired the legal title.

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A purchaser shall not, under this article, or articles one, two and eleven, chapter thirty-eight of this code, be affected by the record of a deed or contract made by a person under whom his title is not derived; nor by the record of a deed or contract made by any person under whom the title of such purchaser is derived, if it was made by such person, and was recorded, before he acquired the legal title.