Every instrument authorized by law to be registered and proved or acknowledged, and registered prior to October 16, 1839, may be read in evidence:
Code 1858, § 2086 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 9); Shan., § 3763; Code 1932, § 7674; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2611.
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