47:1-1. Record of time of filing, entry or recording of instruments affecting real estate; effect
All clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages and other officers who are required by law to receive and record deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and other conveyances, or who are required by law to enter, file or record judgments, decrees, mechanics' lien claims, attachments, recognizances, sheriffs' bonds or other liens and encumbrances on real estate in this state, shall, in addition to the entry and record thereof required by law, keep an exact record of the hour and minute, when the same shall be filed, entered or recorded in their respective offices, and such entry, filing or recording shall take effect and be notice thereof from and as of the exact time of the actual entry, filing or recording of the same.