Chapter 4. Deed Effective and Recordation Dates. § 42–401. Effective date of deeds; exception. § 42–402. Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994. § 42–403. Defective grants recorded on or after the effective date of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts Amendment Act of 2022. § 42–404. Failures in formal requisites of an instrument. § 42–405. Notice of address and name change. § 42–406. First recorded deed preferred. § 42–407. Instrument not properly executed or acknowledged not recordable. § 42–408. Record of conveyance by infant or infant trustee as evidence. § 42–409. Bonds and contracts relating to land recordable. § 42–410. Map or plat of subdivisions not recordable.