Maine uses which type of recording statute to determine priority among competing claims to real property?

Correct Answer

B) Notice statute

Maine follows a notice recording statute (33 M.R.S. § 201). Under this system, a subsequent purchaser who pays value and takes title without notice of a prior unrecorded interest prevails over that prior interest, regardless of who records first. The key factor is whether the subsequent buyer had actual or constructive notice — not the race to record.