A landowner donated land to a charity by quitclaim deed. The charity did not record. The owner then sold the same land by warranty deed to a woman who paid valuable consideration and did not know about the prior gift. The woman promptly recorded her warranty deed. A month later, the charity recorded its quitclaim deed. The following year, the woman conveyed the property to her son by quitclaim deed, which the son recorded. The jurisdiction has a race-notice recording statute: 'No unrecorded conveyance or mortgage of real property shall be good against subsequent purchasers for value without notice, who shall first record.' Who owns the land?

• A. The charity, because the charity recorded its deed before the son recorded his deed.
• B. The son, because he is a donee and thus protected by the shelter rule.
• C. The charity, because the charity never recorded before the woman's deed.
• D. The woman, because she recorded before the charity and is protected by the race-notice statute.

Answer: (D)