§ 14-41-201 - Plats of new additions to be filed and recorded -- Penalty.
14-41-201. Plats of new additions to be filed and recorded -- Penalty.
(a) Any person or corporation owning any real estate who shall make any addition of real estate to any incorporated town or city in this state shall be required to file and record a regular plat of it in the office of the circuit clerk and recorder of the county in which the land is situated within thirty (30) days after the addition.
(b) (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, joint-stock company, or corporation to sell or offer for sale any lot or block designated on the map or plat referred to in this section until it has been duly filed in the office of the circuit court and ex officio recorder as required in this section.
(2) Any person, joint-stock company, or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).