Chapter 821. Land Titles
Section
47-1Fee simple an absolute property. Colonial grants valid.47-2Charitable uses.47-3Estate given in fee tail.47-4Rule in Shelley's case, and collateral warranties, abolished.47-5Requirements re conveyances of land. Conveyance pursuant to power of attorney.47-5aPersons before whom acknowledgment may be made.47-6Witnessing and acknowledgment of deeds of corporations and voluntary associations.47-6aForeign business trust authorized to purchase, hold, transmit, make mortgages on, acquire and convey interests in real estate; filing of trust declaration.47-6bConveyances to nonprofit land-holding organizations.47-7Conveyances and releases executed outside this state. Exception.47-7a(Formerly Sec. 47-58a). Rights of aliens re real estate. Validation of real estate transfers to aliens.47-7bRepresentation of interests of state when marketability of land titles threatened by claim of Indian tribe.47-8Release of mortgage or lien in favor of state.47-9Deeds of railroad companies.47-10Conveyance to be recorded. Recorded conveyance not invalid or unenforceable if original documentation converted into digital or electronic form, lost or destroyed.47-11County clerk's certificates; recording in full not required.47-12Change in name or status of owner of real estate.47-12aAffidavit of facts relating to title or interest in real estate.47-12bUnlawful restrictive covenants void. Affidavit or form re unlawful restrictive covenants.47-13Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name.47-14Joint tenancy; release or conveyance to other joint tenants.47-14aJoint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship.47-14bConveyance or encumbrance by joint tenants.47-14cConveyance by less than all joint tenants.47-14dConveyance to one joint tenant by others.47-14eMortgage or lease by joint tenants.47-14fAttachment of or lien on tenant's interest.47-14gDivorce or marriage dissolution of husband and wife joint tenants.47-14hProvisions applicable to joint tenancies with survivorship.47-14iEffect of death on contract by tenant to convey interest.47-14jConveyance to effect change in interests among tenants.47-14kApplicability of statutes.47-15Certificate of taking land by appraisal to be recorded.47-16Lost deed of land in two or more towns, copy recorded.47-16aRecording of certified copy of deed or other instrument recorded in land records of another town.47-17Records of documents as notice of equitable rights.47-17aPrivate transfer fees.47-18Ownership of historic memorials.47-18aNotice of listing of historic structure on National Register of Historic Places.47-19Leases for more than one year.47-20Use of word “trustee” or “agent” in an instrument affecting real estate.47-21Deeds of land by persons ousted of possession, void.47-2247-2247-23Termination of parol leases for nonpayment of rent.47-23a47-23a47-23b to 47-23f, 47-24Security deposit refunds. Tenant not liable for rent while premises are untenantable.47-24a47-24a47-24bCovenant that leased property is fit for habitation.47-24c47-24c47-24dTenant's waiver of rights, when valid.47-25Right to light not gained by adverse possession.47-26No right to railroad, railway or canal land by adverse possession.47-27Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company.47-28Admissibility of award of arbitrators as evidence.47-29Right of entry on land by assignee of reversion.47-30Ejectment. Set-off of defendant's improvements.47-31Action to settle title or claim interest in real or personal property.47-31aPetition to invalidate land record that was falsely filed or amended.47-32Several defendants may be joined.47-33Action to settle title to land belonging to estate of deceased person.47-33aAction on agreement to sell real estate.47-33bMarketable record title. Definitions.47-33cChain of title for not less than forty years creates marketable record title.47-33dInterests to which title is subject.47-33ePrior interests void.47-33fNotice of claim filed within forty-year period.47-33gContents of notice. Recording. Indexing.47-33hExcepted interests.47-33iOther statutes not affected.47-33jNotice not to be recorded to slander title. Damages.47-33kConstruction.47-33lForty-year period extended, when.47-33mShort title: Dormant Mineral Interests Act.47-33nDormant Mineral Interests Act: Statement of policy.47-33oDormant Mineral Interests Act: Definitions.47-33pDormant Mineral Interests Act: Exclusions.47-33qDormant Mineral Interests Act: Termination of dormant mineral interest.47-33rDormant Mineral Interests Act: Preservation of mineral interest by notice.47-33sDormant Mineral Interests Act: Effect of termination of mineral interest.47-33tDormant Mineral Interests Act: Savings and transitional provisions.47-34Bounds between proprietors reestablished by Superior Court.47-34aUnlawful destruction, disturbance or removal of surveyor's marker or monument.47-35Tobacco poles deemed to be part of tobacco-curing structure.47-36Federal claim or judgment to be recorded.