Conveyance, etc., of homestead

No conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the homestead of any married person shall be of any validity, except for taxes, laborers' and mechanics' liens, and purchase money, unless his or her spouse joins in the execution of the instrument, or conveys by separate document, and acknowledges it. Acts 1887, No. 64, § 1, p. 90; C. & M. Dig., § 5542; Pope's Dig., § 7181; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 50-415; Acts 1993, No. 1164, § 1. No conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the homestead of any married person shall be of any validity, except for taxes, laborers' and mechanics' liens, and purchase money, unless his or her spouse joins in the execution of the instrument, or conveys by separate document, and acknowledges it. Acts 1887, No. 64, § 1, p. 90; C. & M. Dig., § 5542; Pope's Dig., § 7181; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 50-415; Acts 1993, No. 1164, § 1.