Where a deed has been registered more than thirty (30) years, but the register has failed to register the name of the grantor or bargainor, it shall be presumed that the name of the grantor or bargainor was subscribed to the deed, and the registration shall be good; and in proving the time when a deed has been registered, the date upon the books may be referred to; or the register may certify the fact as it appears upon the register's books; or the time of registration may be established by parol testimony.
Code 1858, § 2085 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 10); Shan., § 3762; Code 1932, § 7673; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2607.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Recording System (Toxey H. Sewell), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (1982).
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 26 - Effect of Authentication and Registration
§ 66-26-101. Effect of Instruments With or Without Registration
§ 66-26-102. Notice to All the World
§ 66-26-103. Unregistered Instruments Void as to Creditors and Bona Fide Purchasers
§ 66-26-104. Rights as Between Transferee of Decedent and Purchaser From Heir or Devisee
§ 66-26-105. Priority of Registered Instruments
§ 66-26-106. Presumption as to Validity of Registration After Twenty Years
§ 66-26-107. Presumption as to Subscription by Grantor After Thirty Years
§ 66-26-108. Presumption as to Deeds by Attorneys After Twenty Years' Registration
§ 66-26-109. Presumption as to Powers of Attorney After Twenty Years
§ 66-26-111. Proof of Instruments Registered Before 1839
§ 66-26-112. Erroneous Recital as to County Where Land Located
§ 66-26-113. Omission of Words From Certificate