85-7-139 - Contract in writing may be recorded.
§ 85-7-139. Contract in writing may be recorded.
When the contract by virtue of which the house, building, structure, fixture, railroad, or railroad embankment may be erected, constructed, altered, or repaired, shall be in writing, it may be acknowledged and recorded as deeds and other instruments. If the contract relate to a house, building, structure, or fixture, it shall be filed for record in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the land on which it stands is situated; if the contract relate to a railroad or railroad embankment, it shall be filed for record in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of each county in which the work is to be done; if the contract relate to a boat or water craft, it shall be filed for record in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the work is done.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 39, art. 5; 1871, § 1607; 1880, § 1382; 1892, § 2701; 1906, § 3061; Hemingway's 1917, § 2421; 1930, § 2261; 1942, § 359.