1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 111.312, a certificate of the acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument in any way affecting the title to real or personal property, or the proof of the execution thereof, as provided in this chapter, signed by the person taking the same, and under the seal or stamp of that person, if the person is required by law to have a seal or stamp, entitles the conveyance or instrument, with the certificate or certificates, to be recorded in the office of the recorder of any county in this state.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 111.310

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conveyance: shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing, except a last will and testament, whatever may be its form, and by whatever name it may be known in law, by which any estate or interest in lands is created, aliened, assigned or surrendered. See Nevada Revised Statutes 111.010
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.

2.  Any state or United States contract or patent for land may be recorded without any acknowledgment or proof.