Section 44-2-9 - Recording leases, usufructs, and assignments thereof; effect as notice

When executed with the formality prescribed for the execution of deeds to land, leases or usufructs of land or of any interest in land and assignments of such leases or usufructs for any purpose, including the purpose of securing debt, may be recorded in the county where the property described in the instrument is located. The record shall, from the date of filing, be notice of the interest of the parties to the lease or usufructs in the property described in the instrument and of the interest of any person holding an assignment of any interest in such lease or usufruct.