Opinion No. (1983)

Dear Mr. Meyer:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

If a recorder receives oral and written notice that the named grantee in a proposed deed, which is in his possession but not yet recorded, repudiates that deed and requests that it not be recorded, is the recorder no longer "authorized" to record the deed, or is the mere forwarding of a deed to the Recorder's Office by one party sufficient "authority" to place a "duty" on the Recorder to record the deed?

You state the facts giving rise to this question as follows:

A local bank demanded payment on a promissory note secured by a…