111.350 - Conveyances or other instruments recorded before December 17, 1862: Notice to subsequent purchasers; certified copies as evidence. - Nevada Statutes

111.350  Conveyances or other instruments recorded before December 17, 1862: Notice to subsequent purchasers; certified copies as evidence.

      1.  All instruments of writing copied into the proper books of record of the offices of the county recorders of the several counties of the Territory of Nevada prior to December 17, 1862, shall, after December 17, 1862, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, and all other persons whomsoever, notice of all deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, contracts, conveyances or other instruments, notwithstanding any defect, omission or informality existing in the execution, acknowledgment or certificate of recording the same.

      2.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect any rights acquired prior to December 17, 1862, in the hands of subsequent grantees or assignees.

      3.  Certified copies of such instruments as are embraced in subsection 1 may be read in evidence under the same circumstances and rules as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for using copies of instruments duly executed and recorded. Proof shall be first made that the instruments, copies of which it is proposed to use, were genuine instruments and were in truth executed by the grantor or grantors therein named.

      [1:32:1862; B § 311; BH § 2648; C § 2718; RL § 1093; NCL § 1551] + [2:32:1862; B § 312; BH § 2649; C § 2719; RL § 1094; NCL § 1552]