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§ 471. Deeds recorded to have the same effect as deeds of feoffment with livery and seisin

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 21 P.S. Deeds and Mortgages

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 21 P.S. Deeds and Mortgages (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Deeds and General Provisions
Registration and Recording (Refs & Annos)
Effect of Recording [Repealed]
21 P.S. § 471
§ 471. Deeds recorded to have the same effect as deeds of feoffment with livery and seisin
All deeds and conveyances made or to be made, and proved or acknowledged, and recorded as aforesaid, which shall appear so to be, by endorsement made thereon, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall be of the same force and effect here, for the giving possession and seisin, and making good the title and assurance of the said lands, tenements and hereditaments, as deeds of feoffment, with livery and seisin, or deeds enrolled in any of the king's courts of record at Westminster, are or shall be in the kingdom of Great Britain. And the copies or exemplifications of all deeds so enrolled, being examined by the recorder, and certified under the seal of the proper office, (which the recorder, or keeper thereof, is hereby required to affix thereto), shall be allowed in all courts where produced, and are hereby declared and enacted to be as good evidence, and as valid and effectual in law, as the original deeds themselves, or as bargains and sales enrolled in the said courts at Westminster, and copies thereof can be; and that the same may be showed, pleaded and made use of accordingly.

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1715, May 28, 1 Sm.L. 94, § 5.
21 P.S. § 471, PA ST 21 P.S. § 471
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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