Property Ownership
Under North Carolina's 'race-notice' recording statute, a subsequent buyer is protected against a prior unrecorded conveyance if the subsequent buyer:
ARecords first, regardless of notice
BPays valuable consideration and records first without notice of the prior conveyance✓ Correct
CHad actual notice of the prior deed
DPurchases the property at a foreclosure sale
Explanation
NC follows race-notice: to prevail, a subsequent purchaser must record first AND must have paid valuable consideration without actual or constructive notice of the prior deed.
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