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56.060 Recording of deeds or judgments affecting state lands -- Duty of clerk.

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56.060 Recording of deeds or judgments affecting state lands -- Duty of clerk. (1) All deeds and judgments conveying to or from or vesting in or divesting the state of any land or interest in land shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the <br>county where the land or the greater part of it lies. (2) In cases conveying to or vesting in the state any land or interest therein, other than highway right-of-way acquisitions, the deed or copy of the judgment shall be <br>immediately transmitted to the Secretary of State by the clerk. The county clerk <br>shall endorse on the document the book, page number and county where he has <br>recorded it, as follows: &quot;Recorded in .... Book ...., Page ...., .... County Clerk's <br>Office.&quot; (3) In cases of deeds or judgments conveying from or divesting the state of land or an interest therein, the clerk shall immediately transmit a copy of the document to the <br>Secretary of State. This document shall be endorsed as follows: &quot;Recorded in .... <br>Book ...., Page ...., .... County Clerk's Office.&quot; Effective: July 15, 1982 <br>History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 311, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 124, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2337a-5.