§202. Failure to record, effect of
A deed purporting to convey an absolute estate in land cannot be defeated by an instrument intended as a defeasance, as against any other person than the maker, his heirs and devisees, unless such instrument is recorded in the registry where the deed is recorded.
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Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
33 §201. Priority of recording
33 §201-A. Conditions of actual notice
33 §201-B. Notice; construction of provisions
33 §202. Failure to record, effect of
33 §203. Need for acknowledgment
33 §204. Deed lost before recording
33 §205. Certified copies of deeds recorded in other registries
33 §206. Recording by compulsion
33 §207. Recording master form