Idaho Statutes
TITLE 55 PROPERTY IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 8 RECORDING TRANSFERS
(OLD STATUTE)
55-816. AFFIDAVITS. Any affidavit setting forth facts showing or
explaining marital status, identity of persons, possession of real property
when the title thereof is deraigned through tax deed, delivery of deed by
grantor during grantor's lifetime, occupation of real property as a
homestead, date of birth, date of death, date of marriage, or place or [of]
residence, with respect to any person mentioned in any recorded instrument
affecting title to real property, and also any affidavit as to the
identification of plats or descriptions of real property, may be recorded
in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the real
property is situate; and any such recorded affidavit or the record or
certified copy thereof whether heretofore or hereafter recorded shall
constitute a part of the record of title to the real property to which it
relates and may be received in evidence in any cause affecting the title to
such real property, by all courts and all boards, and before all officers,
in the state of Idaho as part of such record of title
(NEW STATUTE AS OF JULY 2000)
55-816. AFFIDAVITS. Any affidavit setting forth facts showing or
explaining marital status, identity of persons, possession of real property
when the title thereof is deraigned through tax deed, delivery of deed by
grantor during grantor's lifetime, occupation of real property as a homestead,
date of birth, date of death, date of marriage, or place of residence, with
respect to any person mentioned in any recorded instrument affecting title to
real property, and also any affidavit as to the identification of plats or
descriptions of real property signed by the grantor and grantee named in the
document of transfer which contains the descriptions being corrected or, if
the grantor is not available, then the affidavit must be signed by the grantee
and indexed under the name of both the grantor and grantee, may be recorded in
the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the real property is
situate; and any such recorded affidavit or the record or certified copy
thereof whether heretofore or hereafter recorded shall constitute a part of
the record of title to the real property to which it relates and may be
received in evidence in any cause affecting the title to such real property,
by all courts and all boards, and before all officers, in the state of Idaho
as part of such record of title.