Contracts
Which Iowa doctrine protects a buyer who records an interest in property without actual knowledge of a prior unrecorded interest?
ADoctrine of estoppel
BRace-notice recording statute protection✓ Correct
CDoctrine of merger
DParol evidence rule
Explanation
Iowa follows a race-notice recording statute, meaning a subsequent purchaser who pays value and records without actual or constructive notice of a prior claim prevails over the unrecorded prior interest.
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