The execution, acknowledgment, filing, and recording of all deeds, leases, mortgages, assignments, satisfactions, and other written instruments affecting the title to real property in this state, in good faith made, taken, or certified, and which have been filed or recorded in the proper counties of this state for a period of five years or more, are declared to be legal and valid for all purposes, anything in the laws of this state, or of any other state, territory, or country at the time of the execution, acknowledgment, filing, or recording to the contrary notwithstanding.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 1-04-01

  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37