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NC Gen Stat § 47-46.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration.|§ 47-46.2 - Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.

 47-46.2. Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.No particular phrasing is required for a certification of satisfaction pursuant to G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, or for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements (i) for a certificate of satisfaction under G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, and (ii) for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10 when signed and acknowledged by the secured creditor: CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION  North Carolina, ____________ County.  I, ____________ (name of owner of the note or other indebtedness secured by the deed of trust or mortgage), certify that I am the owner of the indebtedness secured by the hereafter described deed of trust or mortgage and that the debt or other obligation in the amount of __________ secured by the (deed of trust)(mortgage)(other instrument) executed by ____________ (grantor)(mortgagor),____________ (trustee)(leave blank if mortgage), and ______________ (beneficiary)(mortgagee), and recorded in __________ County at ______ (book and page) was satisfied on ____________ (date of satisfaction). I request that this certificate of satisfaction be recorded and the above-referenced security instrument be canceled of record.        (Signature of owner of note)  [Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]. (1995, c. 292, s. 3; 2005-123, s. 5; 2006-226, s. 27(a); 2006-264, s. 82(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-46.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration.|§ 47-46.3 - Affidavit of lost note.

 47-46.3. Affidavit of lost note.No particular phrasing is required for an affidavit of lost note pursuant to G.S. 45-36(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements for an affidavit of lost note under G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005. AFFIDAVIT OF LOST NOTE  [Name of affiant] personally appeared before me in ____________ County, State of  ____________, and having been duly sworn (or affirmed) made the following affidavit:  1. The affiant is the owner of the note or other indebtedness secured by the deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument executed by __________ (grantor, mortgagor), __________ (trustee), and ____________ (beneficiary, mortgagee), and recorded in __________ County at __________ (book and page); and2. The note or other indebtedness has been lost and after the exercise of due diligence cannot be located.3. The affiant certifies that all indebtedness secured by the deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument was satisfied on __________, __________ (date of satisfaction), and the affiant is responsible for cancellation of the same.____________________(Signature of affiant)Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this ____ day of ___________,_____.  [Signature and seal of notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths]. (1995, c. 292, s. 4; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 604, s. 2; c. 742, s. 19; 1999-456, s. 59; 2005-123, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-47 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-47 - Defective order of registration; "same" for "this instrument".

 47-47. Defective order of registration; "same" for "this instrument".Where instruments were admitted to registration prior to March 2, 1905, and the clerk's order for the registration used the word "same" in place of "this instrument," the said registrations are good and valid. (1905, c. 344; Rev., s. 1010; C.S., s. 3329.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-48 - Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates.

 47-48. Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates.When it appears that the clerk of the superior court, register of deeds, or other officer having the power to probate or certify deeds, in passing upon deeds or other instruments, and related certificates, consisting of more than one certificate of the same or a different date by other officer or officers taking acknowledgment or probating the certificates, has in his or her certificate or order mentioned only one or more of the preceding or foregoing certificates or orders, but not all of them, but has admitted the same deed or other instrument to probate or recordation, it is conclusively presumed that all the certificates of the deed or instrument necessary for probate or recordation have been passed upon, and the certificate of the clerk, register of deeds, or other probating or certifying officer is deemed sufficient and the probate, certification, and recordation of the deed or instrument is valid for all intents and purposes. This section applies to all instruments recorded in any county of this State prior to April 1, 2021.  (1917, c. 237; C.S., s. 3330; 1945, c. 808, s. 1; 1965, c. 1001; 1971, c. 11; 1973, c. 1402; 1987, c. 360, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.18; 2021-91, s. 4(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-49 - Defective certification or adjudication of clerk, etc., admitting to registration.

 47-49. Defective certification or adjudication of clerk, etc., admitting to registration.In all cases where, prior to January 1, 1919, instruments by law required or authorized to be registered, with certificates showing the acknowledgment or proof of execution thereof as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, have been ordered registered by the clerk of the superior court or other officer qualified to pass upon probates and admit instruments to registration, and actually put upon the books in the office of the register of deeds as if properly proven and ordered to be registered, all such probates and registrations are hereby validated and made as good and sufficient as though such instruments had been in all respects properly proved and recorded, notwithstanding the failure of clerks or other officers qualified to pass upon the proofs or acknowledgments of instruments and to admit such instruments to registration to adjudge or certify that said instruments were duly proven, and notwithstanding the failure of such officers to adjudge or certify that the certificates of proof or acknowledgments of said instruments were correct or in due form. (1919, c. 248; C.S., s. 3331.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-50 - Order of registration omitted.

 47-50. Order of registration omitted.In all cases prior to October 1, 2005, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, and the clerk of the superior court of such county or other officer authorized to pass upon acknowledgments and to order registration of instruments has failed either to adjudge the correctness of the acknowledgment or to order the registration thereof, or both, such registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of such county shall be effective to the same extent as if the clerk or other authorized officer had properly adjudged the correctness of the acknowledgment and had ordered the registration of the instrument.  (1911, cc. 91, 166; 1913, c. 61; Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 73; 1915, c. 179, s. 1; C.S., s. 3332; 1941, cc. 187, 229; 1949, c. 493; 1957, c. 314; 1961, c. 79; 1981, c. 812; 1993, c. 80, s. 1; 2013-204, s. 1.19.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-50.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-50.1 - Register's certificate omitted.

 47-50.1. Register's certificate omitted.In all cases prior to October 1, 2005, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of this State, and the register of deeds has failed to certify the correctness of the acknowledgment as required by G.S. 47-14(a), the registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of that county is effective to the same extent as if the register of deeds had properly certified the correctness of the acknowledgment.  (2004-199, s. 17; 2013-204, s. 1.20.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-51 - Official deeds omitting seals.

 47-51. Official deeds omitting seals.All deeds executed prior to April 1, 2021, by any sheriff, commissioner, receiver, executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, or other officer authorized to execute a deed by virtue of office or appointment, in which the officer has omitted to affix a seal after the officer's signature, are not invalid on account of the omission of the seal.  (1907, c. 807; 1917, c. 69, s. 1; C.S., s. 3333; Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 64; 1941, c. 13; 1955, c. 467, ss. 1, 2; 1959, c. 408; 1971, c. 14; 1973, c. 1207, s. 1; 1983, c. 398, s. 2; 1985, c. 70, s. 2; 1987, c. 277, s. 2; 1989, c. 390, s. 2; 1991, c. 489, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.21; 2021-91, s. 4(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-52 - Defective acknowledgment on old deeds validated.

 47-52. Defective acknowledgment on old deeds validated.The clerk of the superior court may order registered any deed, or other conveyance of land, in all cases where the instrument and probate bears date prior to January 1, 1907, where the acknowledgment, private examination, or other proof of execution, has been taken or had before a notary public residing in the county where the land is situate, where said officer failed to affix his official seal, and where the certificate of said officer appears otherwise to be genuine. (1933, c. 439.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-53 - Probates omitting official seals, etc.

 47-53. Probates omitting official seals, etc.If the acknowledgment, private examination, or other proof of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument authorized or required to be registered has been taken by or before any commissioner of affidavits and deeds of this State, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of record, or notary public of this or any other state, territory, or district, and the deed, mortgage, or other instrument has been recorded in any county in this State, but the commissioner, clerk, deputy clerk, or notary public omitted to attach his or her official or notarial seal to it, or if omitted, to insert his or her name in the body of the certificate, or if omitted, to sign his or her name to the certificate, if the name of the officer appears in the body of the certificate or is signed to it, or it does not appear of record that the seal was attached to the original deed, mortgage, or other instrument, or the commissioner, clerk, deputy clerk, or notary public has certified the certificate as under his or her "official seal," or "notarial seal," or words of similar import, and no such seal appears of record or where the officer uses "notarial" in his or her certificate and signature shows that "C.S.C.," or "clerk of superior court," or similar exchange of capacity, and the word "seal" follows the signature, then all such acknowledgments, private examinations or other proofs of such deeds, mortgages, or other instruments, and their registration are in all respects valid and binding. This section applies to acknowledgments, private examinations, or proofs taken prior to April 1, 2021. This section does not apply to pending litigation.  (Rev., s. 1012; 1907, cc. 213, 665, 971; 1911, c. 4; 1915, c. 36; C.S., s. 3334; 1929, c. 8, s. 1; 1945, c. 808, s. 2; 1951, c. 1151, s. 1; 1965, c. 500; 1983, c. 398, s. 3; 1985, c. 70, s. 3; 1987, c. 277, s. 3; 1989, c. 390, s. 3; 1991, c. 489, s. 3; 2013-204, s. 1.22; 2021-91, s. 4(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-53.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-53.1 - Acknowledgment omitting seal of clerk or notary public.

 47-53.1. Acknowledgment omitting seal of clerk or notary public.If any person has taken an acknowledgment as either a notary public or a clerk of a superior court, deputy clerk of a superior court, or assistant clerk of a superior court and has failed to affix his or her seal and this acknowledgment has been otherwise duly probated and recorded, then this acknowledgment is sufficient and valid. This section applies only to those deeds and other instruments acknowledged prior to April 1, 2021.  (1951, c. 1151, s. 1A; 1953, c. 1307; 1963, c. 412; 1975, c. 878; 1983, c. 398, s. 4; 1985, c. 70, s. 4; 1987, c. 277, s. 4; 1989, c. 390, s. 4; 1991, c. 489, s. 4; 2004-199, s. 18; 2013-204, s. 1.23; 2021-91, s. 4(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-54 - Registration by register's deputies or clerks.

 47-54. Registration by register's deputies or clerks.All registrations of instruments heretofore made in the office of register of deeds of the several counties by the register's deputy or clerk, and signed in the name of the register of deeds by the deputy or clerk, or signed by the deputy in his own name and not in the name of the register of deeds, when such registrations are in all other respects regular, are hereby validated and declared to be of the same force and effect as if signed in the name of the register of deeds by such register. (1911, c. 184, s. 1; C.S., s. 3335; 1953, c. 849; 1963, c. 203.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-54.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-54.1 - Registration by register's assistants or deputies.

 47-54.1. Registration by register's assistants or deputies.All registrations of instruments heretofore made in the office of register of deeds of the several counties by the register's assistant or deputy, and signed in the name of the register of deeds by the assistant or deputy, and initialed by the assistant or deputy, instead of being signed by them as assistant or deputy, when such registrations are in all other respects regular, are hereby validated and declared to be of the same force and effect as if signed by the assistant or deputy in the respective capacity. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 877, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-55 - Before officer in wrong capacity or out of jurisdiction.

 47-55. Before officer in wrong capacity or out of jurisdiction.All deeds, conveyances, or other instruments permitted by law to be registered in this State, which have been probated or ordered to be registered previous to January 1, 1913, before any officer of this or any other state or country, authorized by law to take acknowledgments or to order registration, where the certificate of the probate or order of registration is sufficient in form, but appears to have been certified by the officer in some capacity other than that in which such officer was authorized to act, or appears to have been made out of the county or district authorized by law, but within the State, and where the instrument with such certificate has been recorded in the proper county, are hereby declared to have been duly proved, probated and recorded, and to be valid. (Rev., ss. 1017, 1030; 1913, c. 125, s. 1; C.S., s. 3336.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-56 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-56 - Before justices of peace, where clerk's certificate or order of registration defective.

 47-56. Before justices of peace, where clerk's certificate or order of registration defective.In every case where it appears from the record of the office of any register of deeds in this State that a justice of the peace in this State or any other state of the United States, has taken and certified the proof of any instrument required by the law to be registered, or the privy examination of a married woman thereto, and the deed and certificate have been registered prior to the first day of January, 1963, in the county where the lands described in the instrument are located, without a certificate or with a defective certificate of the clerk of the official character of the justice, or as to the genuineness of his signature, or without the order of registration of the clerk, or his adjudication of due probate, or with a defective adjudication thereof, such proofs, certificates and registration are hereby validated. (1907, c. 83, s. 1; C.S., s. 3337; 1951, c. 35; 1963, c. 1014.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-57 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-57 - Probates on proof of handwriting of maker refusing to acknowledge.

 47-57. Probates on proof of handwriting of maker refusing to acknowledge.All registrations of instruments, prior to February 5, 1897, permitted or required by law to be registered, which were ordered to registration upon proof of the handwriting of the grantor or maker who refused to acknowledge the execution, are hereby validated. (1897, c. 28; Rev., s. 1026; C.S., s. 3338.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-58 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-58 - Before judges of Supreme Court or superior courts or clerks before 1889.

 47-58. Before judges of Supreme Court or superior courts or clerks before 1889.Wherever the judges of the Supreme Court or the superior court, or the clerks or deputy clerks of the superior court, or courts of pleas and quarter sessions, mistaking their powers, have essayed previously to the first day of January, 1889, to take the probate of any instrument required or allowed by law to be registered, and the privy examination of femes covert, whose names are signed to such deeds, and have ordered said deeds to registration, and the same have been registered, all such probates, privy examinations and registrations are validated. (1871-2, c. 200, s. 1; Code, s. 1260; 1889, c. 252; 1891, c. 484; Rev., s. 1009; C.S., s. 3339.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-59 - Before clerks of inferior courts.

 47-59. Before clerks of inferior courts.All probates and orders of registration made by and taken before any clerk of any inferior or criminal court prior to the twentieth day of February, 1885, and valid in form and substance, shall be valid and effectual, and all deeds, mortgages or other instruments requiring registration, registered upon such probate and order of registration, shall be valid. This section shall apply only to the counties of Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Iredell, Lenoir, Martin, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Northampton, Robeson and Wayne. This section applies to probates and private examinations taken before the clerks of the criminal court of Buncombe prior to February second, 1893. (1885, cc. 105, 108; 1889, cc. 143, 463; Rev., ss. 1020, 1021; C.S., s. 3340.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-60 - Order of registration by judge, where clerk party.

 47-60. Order of registration by judge, where clerk party.All deeds, mortgages or other instruments which prior to the twentieth day of January, 1893, have been probated by a justice of the peace and ordered to registration by a judge of the superior court or justice of the Supreme Court, to which clerks of the superior court are parties, are hereby confirmed, and the probates and orders for registration declared to be valid. (1893, c. 3, s. 2; Rev., s. 1011; C.S., s. 3342.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-61 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-61 - Order of registration by interested clerk.

 47-61. Order of registration by interested clerk.The probate and registration of all deeds, mortgages and other instruments requiring registration prior to the fifteenth day of January, 1935, to which the clerks of the superior courts are parties, or in which they have an interest, and which have been registered on the order of such clerks or their deputies, or by assistant clerks of the superior courts, on proof of acknowledgment taken before such clerks, assistant clerks, deputy clerks, justices of the peace or notaries public, be, and the same are declared valid. (1891, c. 102; 1899, c. 258; 1905, c. 427; Rev., s. 1015; 1907, c. 1003, s. 2; Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 105, s. 1; C.S., s. 3343; 1935, c. 235.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-62 - Probates before interested notaries.

 47-62. Probates before interested notaries.The proof and acknowledgment of instruments required by law to be registered in the office of the register of deeds of a county, and all privy examinations of a feme covert to such instruments made before any notary public on or since March 11, 1907, are hereby declared valid and sufficient, notwithstanding the notary may have been interested as attorney, counsel or otherwise in such instruments. (Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 105, s. 2; C.S., s. 3344.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-63 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-63 - Probates before officer of interested corporation.

 47-63. Probates before officer of interested corporation.In all cases when acknowledgment or proof of any conveyance has been taken before a clerk of superior court, magistrate or notary public, who was at the time a stockholder or officer in any corporation, bank or other institution which was a party to such instrument, the certificates of such clerk, magistrate, or notary public shall be held valid, and are so declared. (Rev., s. 1015; 1907, c. 1003, s. 1; C.S., s. 3345; 1971, c. 1185, s. 16.)