(A) The town shall file a copy of this chapter with the County Register of Deeds. The Register of Deeds shall not thereafter file or record a plat of a subdivision located within the territorial jurisdiction of the town without approval of the Town Board as required in this chapter and shown in writing on the face of the plat. The landowner, whose name shall be shown on the subdivision plat submitted for recording, or his or her authorized agent, shall sign a statement on the plat stating whether or not any land shown thereon is within the territorial jurisdiction of the town as defined herein. The filing or recording of a plat of a subdivision without the approval of the Town Board as required by this chapter shall be voidable. The Clerk of the Superior Court of the county shall not order or direct the recording of a plat where the recording would be in conflict with this subsection. Upon any subdivider receiving notice that his or her or its proposed land division is in violation of this chapter, any transfers of a portion of the division thereafter shall be void, provided, however, an exact copy of the written notice be forwarded and submitted for probate and recordation with the Clerk of Superior Court and County Register of Deeds which is intended to give adequate notice to otherwise bona fide purchasers for value of the land.
(B) The County Register of Deeds is requested to provide the town with a copy of all legal descriptions and/or plats of partitioned land located within the subdivision territorial jurisdiction of the town regardless of whether or not they are considered “subdivisions,” as defined in § 153.05.
(Prior Code, § 9-3017) (Ord. passed 6-11-1974; Ord. passed 6-29-2021)