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.
Failure to record, effect of
33 M.R.S. § 202, under CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE.
33 M.R.S. § 202