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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 382.080 (2026)

Recording of conveyance for longer than five years and of marriage

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(1) No deed conveying any title to or interest in real property, or lease of oil, gas, coal or mineral right and privilege, for a longer time than five (5) years, nor any agreement in consideration of marriage, shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable consideration without notice thereof, or any creditor, unless the deed is acknowledged by the party who executes it, or is proved and lodged for record in the proper office, as prescribed by law.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply with like protection to the creditor of, or innocent purchaser from, the heir or devisee of the grantor. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 494.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1958–2014 · leading case: Ellington v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 13 F. Supp. 3d 723 (W.D. Ky. 2014).
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Ellington v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 13 F. Supp. 3d 723 (W.D. Ky. 2014). · cites it 2× “” KRS § 382.080. The statutes also provide for recording of mortgages, which, like deeds, are recorded in “the county clerk’s office of the county in which the property .”
Boyd Cnty. ex rel. Hedrick v. Merscorp, Inc., 985 F. Supp. 2d 823 (E.D. Ky. 2013). “” KRS 382.080. The statutes also provide for recording of mortgages, which, like deeds, are recorded in “the county clerk’s office of the county in which the property .”
Fuqua v. United States, 869 F. Supp. 2d 814 (W.D. Ky. 2012). · cites it 2× “KRS § 382.080; Blackburn v. Piney Oil & Gas Co.”
Branaman v. Black Tam Mining Co., 446 S.W.2d 573 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “” KRS 382.080(1) provides: “No deed conveying any title to or interest in real property, or lease of oil, gas, coal or mineral right and privilege, for a longer time than five years, nor any agreement in consideration of marriage, shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable…”
Anderson v. United Fuel Gas Co., 351 S.W.2d 520 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). “Anderson contends that the lessees were not purchasers for value within the meaning of the recording statute, KRS 382.080, and therefore his unrecorded deeds should prevail over the lease.”
Scoggan v. Hoff, 165 F. Supp. 424 (W.D. Ky. 1958). “” “KRS 382.080. — (1) No deed conveying any title to or interest in real property, or lease of oil, gas, coal or mineral right and privilege, Tor a longer time than five years, nor any agreement in consideration of marriage, shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 382.080(1) — 1 case
Branaman v. Black Tam Mining Co., 446 S.W.2d 573 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “” KRS 382.080(1) provides: “No deed conveying any title to or interest in real property, or lease of oil, gas, coal or mineral right and privilege, for a longer time than five years, nor any agreement in consideration of marriage, shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable…”
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