Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.320 (2026)

Filing of conveyances or other instruments is notice to all persons: Effect on subsequent purchasers and mortgagees

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NRS 111.320  Filing of conveyances or other instruments is notice to all persons: Effect on subsequent purchasers and mortgagees.  Every such conveyance or instrument of writing, acknowledged or proved and certified, and recorded in the manner prescribed in this chapter or in NRS 105.010 to 105.080, inclusive, must from the time of filing the same with the Secretary of State or recorder for record, impart notice to all persons of the contents thereof; and subsequent purchasers and mortgagees shall be deemed to purchase and take with notice.

      [25:9:1861; B § 253; BH § 2594; C § 2664; RL § 1039; NCL § 1497]—(NRS A 1995, 891)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1960–2024 · leading case: Torrealba v. Kesmetis, 178 P.3d 716 (Nev. 2008).
Torrealba v. Kesmetis, 178 P.3d 716 (Nev. 2008). · cites it 8× “Second, we consider whether instruments recorded but improperly acknowledged provide constructive notice under NRS 111.320 to start the running of the limitations period.”
7912 Limbwood Court Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 979 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (D. Nev. 2013). · cites it 4× “” Nev. Rev.Stat. § 111.320. Under usual race notice rules, Wells Fargo’s lien would be superior to the HOA delinquency notice because the first deed of trust was recorded in 2004, and the HOA did not record a notice of default on the assessments until 2010.”
Tai-Si Kim v. Kearney, 838 F. Supp. 2d 1077 (D. Nev. 2012). · cites it 3× “The priority of competing claims to real property generally is governed by Nevada’s recording statute, which provides that a recorded interest in property “impart[s] notice to all persons of the contents thereof; and subsequent purchasers and mortgagees shall be deemed to…”
Allen v. Webb, 485 P.2d 677 (Nev. 1971). · cites it 4× “Constructive knowledge of the intervening conveyance was sufficient to apprise the Allens of their precarious position brought about by the title company's failure to record their deed of trust.”
Buenting v. Crystal Cascades Civil, LLC (In Re Crystal Cascades Civil, LLC), 398 B.R. 23 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2008). · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev.Stat. § 111.320; Buhecker v. R.B.”
City of Las Vegas v. Cliff Shadows Prof'l Plaza, LLC, 293 P.3d 860 (Nev. 2013). “See NRS 111.320 (a recorded easement imparts notice to all persons of the contents of the easement); Probasco v.”
In Re Grant, 303 B.R. 205 (D. Nev. 2003). “§ 111.320; N.R.S. § 111.325. While § 544(a)(3) creates the legal fiction of a perfect BFP and renders the trustee’s actual notice of prior grantees irrelevant, “constructive or inquiry notice” obtained in accordance with state law can defeat a trustee’s claim.”
Buhecker v. R.B. Petersen & Sons Constr. Co., 929 P.2d 937 (Nev. 1996). “See NRS 111.320; NRS 111.325. The Buheckers contend that neither Petersen nor Leader were bona fide purchasers for value, since the Buheckers’ actual possession of the property provided Petersen and Leader with constructive notice of their (Buheckers’) interest in the property.”
Adams v. United States, 687 F. Supp. 1479 (D. Nev. 1988). “NRS 111.320 provides in toto: “Every such conveyance or instrument of writing, acknowledged or proved and certified, and recorded in the manner prescribed in this chapter, shall, from the time of filing the same with the recorder for récord, impart notice to all persons of the…”
Hewitt v. Glaser Land & Livestock Co., 626 P.2d 268 (Nev. 1981). “NRS 111.320; see Allison Steel Mfg. Co. v.”
Crescent v. White, 493 P.2d 1323 (Nev. 1972). · cites it 2× “The court evidently believed recording the deed constituted constructive notice to creditors, as well as to “subsequent purchasers and mortgagees,” NRS 111.320, thus conclusively establishing an affirmative defense based on the statute of limitations, NRS 11.”
Triplett v. David H. Fulstone Co., 849 P.2d 334 (Nev. 1993). “See NRS 111.320. Finally, although it appears that the 1937 deed should have provided sufficient warning for subsequent purchasers to be on notice of a previous conveyance, because this issue was not raised at the trial level or on appeal, we express no opinion with regard to…”
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