RACE STATUTE

race statute.A recording act providing that the person who records first, regardless of notice,

has priority. • Only Louisiana and North Carolina have race statutes. — Also termed pure race

statute; race act. Cf. NOTICE STATUTE ; RACE-NOTICE STATUTE. [Cases: Vendor and

Purchaser 231(11).C.J.S. Vendor and Pur-chaser § 502.] [Blacks Law 8^th]