Assume for the purposes of these questions that you are counsel to the state legislative committee that is responsible for real estate laws in your state.. The committee wants you to draft a statute governing the recording of deeds that fixes priorities of title, as reflected on the public record, as definitely as possible. Which of the following, divorced from other policy considerations, would best accomplish this particular result?
Eliminate the requirement of witnesses to deeds. Make time of recording the controlling factor. Make irrebuttable the declarations in the deeds that valuable consideration was paid. Make the protection of bona fide purchasers the controlling factor