If the instrument be a conveyance, or for the conveyance, of land, it shall be registered in the county where the land lies, unless it lies partly in two (2) or more counties, and then it may be registered in either; and where it contains several tracts of land, lying in different counties, it shall be registered in each of the counties where any of the tracts lie.
Code 1858, § 2032 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 5); Shan., § 3705; Code 1932, § 7625; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2403.
Cross-References. Recordation tax, §67-4-409.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 101.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Recording Acts, § 7.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Recording System (Toxey H. Sewell), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (1982).