Section 76-203 shall not be construed to extend to a letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owner of such lands; but every such letter or instrument, and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands, when proved or acknowledged in the manner prescribed by statute, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any county in which the real estate to which such power or contract relates may be situated. Such an instrument, when so proved or acknowledged, and the record thereof, when recorded, or the transcript of such record, may be read in evidence, in the same manner and with the like effect as a conveyance recorded in such county.

Source

  • R.S.1866, c. 43, § 52, p. 291;
  • Laws 1887, c. 30, § 26, p. 372;
  • R.S.1913, § 6190;
  • C.S.1922, § 5589;
  • C.S.1929, § 76-104;
  • R.S.1943, § 76-204;
  • Laws 1973, LB 227, § 1.
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 76-204

  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.