Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

CHAPTER THIRD
THE ORDER OF PREFERENCE OF REAL RIGHTS

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    2011.   Privileged rights which are not subject to registration take precedence according to their respective rank.

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    Rights subject to registration and which have been registered within the prescribed delays, take effect according to the provisions contained in the preceding Chapter.

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    Except the above cases and the case of article 1977, real rights rank according to the date of their registration.

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    If however 2 titles creating hypothec be entered for registration on the same day they rank together.

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    If a deed of purchase, and a deed creating a hypothec, both affecting the same immovable, be entered on the same day they rank according to the date of their execution.