The town clerk of any town shall accept for recording any certified copy of a deed or other instrument affecting real property located in such town and recorded in the land records of another town, provided such copy is certified by the town clerk of the other town to be a true copy of the original deed or other instrument recorded in such other town. When such certified copy is so recorded, it shall have the same effect as a record of the original deed or other instrument.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47-16a

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.