Property Ownership
Vermont's 'recording priority' rule means that a properly recorded deed generally takes precedence over:
AAll other documents regardless of content
BAn earlier unrecorded deed held by a prior buyer who took without notice being given to the world✓ Correct
CGovernment liens and judgments
DMortgages from institutional lenders
Explanation
Under Vermont's notice recording act, a subsequent purchaser who takes without notice of a prior unrecorded interest and records their deed takes free of that prior unrecorded interest. Proper recording protects buyers' title against subsequent claims and against prior unrecorded interests (under Vermont's notice statute).
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