RACE STATUTE

RACE STATUTE race statute. A recording act providing that the person who records first, regardless of notice, has priority. ? Only Louisiana and North Carolina have race statutes. ¡ª Also termed pure race statute; race act. Cf. NOTICE STATUTE ; RACE-NOTICE STATUTE. [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser 231(11).C.J.S. Vendor and Pur-chaser ¡ì 502.] How do bilingual […]