Statute 58-2333: Mortgages or deeds of trust recorded or referred to or
described of record prior to 1919 declared void; exceptions.
Every mortgage or deed of trust securing a debt on real property in this
state which mortgage or deed of trust was placed of record before January
1, 1919, or referred to or described in any instrument of record prior to
said date, shall, from and after July 1, 1952, be void as against the
creditors of the person making the same or against subsequent purchasers or
mortgagees unless the owner and holder thereof shall, prior to such date,
cause to be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county in
which the property is located, an affidavit setting forth the name and
address of the owner and holder thereof, the nature of the claim, the
amount due thereon, the date of the last payment thereon and a description
of the property included therein:
Provided, That this act shall not
apply to or affect (1) mortgages, deeds of trust, or liens upon property of
railroad corporations recorded after January 1, 1890, or (2) the
indebtedness thereby secured:
Provided further, That infancy,
incompetency or nonresidence shall not affect the operation of this act.
History: L. 1951, ch. 373, § 1; June 30.