§ 34-12-102 — Description of townsites and subdivisions; effect; duty to record

Every original owner or proprietor of any tract or parcel of
land, who has heretofore subdivided, or shall hereafter
subdivide the same into three (3) or more parts for the purpose
of laying out any town or city, or any addition thereto, or any
part thereof, or suburban lots, shall cause a plat of such
subdivision, with references to known or permanent monuments, to
be made, which shall accurately describe all the subdivisions of
such tract or parcel of land, numbering the same by progressive
numbers, and giving the dimensions, and length and breadth
thereof, and the breadth and courses of all the streets and
alleys established therein. Descriptions of lots or parcels of
land in such subdivisions, according to the number and
designation thereof, on said plat contained, in conveyances, or
for the purposes of taxation, shall be deemed good and valid for
all intents and purposes. The duty to file for record a plat, as
provided herein, shall attach as a covenant of warranty, in all
conveyances of any part or parcel of such subdivisions by the
original owners or proprietors, against any and all assessments,
costs and damages, paid, lost or incurred by any grantee, or
person claiming under him, in consequence of the omission on the
part of said owner or proprietors to file such plat.