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NC Gen Stat § 47-108.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.18 - Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat validated.

 47-108.18. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat validated.A notarial jurat constitutes an acknowledgment in due form for all plats or maps that have heretofore been accepted for filing and registration under G.S. 47-30 as amended. No plat or map heretofore accepted for filing and registration, that contains a notarial jurat instead of an acknowledgment may be held to be improperly registered solely for lack of a proper acknowledgment. (1983, c. 391.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.18A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.18A - Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial acknowledgment.

 47-108.18A. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial acknowledgment.A notarial acknowledgment constitutes a jurat in due form for all instruments that have heretofore been accepted for filing and registration under this Chapter or which relate to real estate located within this State.  (2013-204, s. 1.37.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.18B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.18B - Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat.

 47-108.18B. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat.A notarial jurat constitutes an acknowledgment in due form for all instruments that have heretofore been accepted for filing and registration under this Chapter or which relate to real estate located within this State.  (2013-204, s. 1.37.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.19 - Validation of certain maps and plats that cannot be copied.

 47-108.19. Validation of certain maps and plats that cannot be copied.All maps and plats registered before June 1, 1983, pursuant to G.S. 47-30 that met all of the requirements of that statute except that they were not on a material from which legible copies could be made or did not contain the original of the surveyor's signature and acknowledgment are declared to be valid registrations. (1983, c. 756.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.20 - Validation of certain recorded instruments that were not acknowledged.

 47-108.20. Validation of certain recorded instruments that were not acknowledged.All instruments recorded before April 1, 2021, that were not reexecuted and reacknowledged and that correct an obvious typographical or other minor error in a recorded instrument that was previously properly executed and acknowledged are valid instruments.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 842, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.38; 2021-91, s. 4(m).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.21 - Sales for 1930 on dates other than first Monday in June validated.

 47-108.21. Sales for 1930 on dates other than first Monday in June validated.All sales of land for failure to pay taxes held or conducted by any sheriff or any tax collector of any county, city, town, or other municipality during the year 1930, on any day subsequent to or other than the first Monday in June of said year, are hereby approved, confirmed, validated, and declared to be proper, valid, and legal sales of such land and legally binding in all respects, and all certificates of sale made and issued upon and in accordance with such sales are hereby approved and validated to all intents and purposes with such full force and legal effect as if said sales had been held and conducted on said first Monday of June, 1930. (1931, c. 160; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4(1).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.22 - Tax sales for 1931-32 on day other than law provides and certificates validated.

 47-108.22. Tax sales for 1931-32 on day other than law provides and certificates validated.All sales of land for failure to pay taxes held or conducted by any sheriff or any tax collector of any county, city, town, or other municipality during the years 1931 and 1932, on any day subsequent to or other than the first Monday in June of said year, are hereby approved, confirmed, validated, and declared to be proper, valid, and legal sales of such land and legally binding in all respects, and all certificates of sale made and issued upon and in accordance with such sales approved and validated to all intents and purposes with such full force and legal effect as if said sales had been held and conducted on said first Monday of June, 1931 and 1932. (1933, c. 177; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4(1).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.23 - Tax sales for 1933-34 and certificates validated.

 47-108.23. Tax sales for 1933-34 and certificates validated.All sales of land for failure to pay taxes held or conducted by any sheriff or any tax collector of any county, city, town, or other municipality during the years 1933 and 1934, or on any date subsequent to or other than the date prescribed by law, and all certificates of sale executed and issued pursuant to and in accordance with such sales be and the same are hereby approved, confirmed, and validated and shall have the same force and legal effect as if said sales had been held and conducted on the date prescribed by law.The board of county commissioners of any county or the governing board of any city, town, or other municipality may by resolution order the sheriff or tax collecting officer of the said county, city, town, or other municipality to advertise in the manner provided by law and sell all land for the taxes of any year levied by the said county, city, town, or other municipality, which land has not heretofore been legally sold for the failure to pay said taxes. The sale or sales herein authorized shall be held not later than the first Monday in September 1935, and certificates of sale shall be issued in accordance with and pursuant to said sale or sales in the same manner as if said sale or sales had been held and conducted as provided by law. Any sale held and conducted under the provisions of this paragraph and all certificates issued pursuant to such a sale shall be and the same are hereby approved, confirmed, and validated and shall have the same force and legal effect as if said sale had been held and conducted on the date prescribed by law.All actions instituted in any county, city, town, or other municipality for the foreclosure of certificates of sale issued for the taxes of the years 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932 subsequent to October 1, 1934, and all such actions instituted before October 1, 1935, shall be and the same are hereby approved, validated, and declared to be legally binding and of the same force and effect as if said actions were instituted prior to October 1, 1934: Provided, that this section shall not be construed to repeal any private or local act passed by the General Assembly of 1935. (1935, c. 331; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4(1).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.24 - Notices of sale for taxes by publication validated.

 47-108.24. Notices of sale for taxes by publication validated.All sales of real property under tax certificate foreclosures made between January 1, 1927, and March 13, 1937, where the original notice of sale was published for four successive weeks, and any notice of resale was published for two successive weeks, preceding said sales, whether the notice of sale was required to be published in a newspaper or at courthouse door, or both, shall be, and the same are in all respects validated as to publication of said notice: Provided said publication was completed as above set out within 10 days of the date of the sale.The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Counties of Alleghany, Beaufort, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Currituck, Halifax, Harnett, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Macon, Mitchell, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Perquimans, Pitt, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Scotland, Surry, Wake, Warren, Washington, and Wayne. (1937, c. 128; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4(1).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.25 - Validation of sales and resales held pursuant to § 105-374.

 47-108.25. Validation of sales and resales held pursuant to 105-374.All sales or resales held prior to April 14, 1951, pursuant to G.S. 105-374, where the advertisement was in accordance with G.S. 1-327 and 1-328 as provided by such sections prior to their repeal, are validated to the same extent as if such advertisement were in accordance with Article 29A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes; and all such sales, where the provisions of G.S. 45-28 as to resales, as provided by such section prior to its repeal, were followed, are validated to the same extent as if the resale procedure provided for in Article 29A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes had been followed. (1951, c. 1036, s. 2; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4(1).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.26 - Validation of reconveyances of tax foreclosed property by county boards of commissioners.

 47-108.26. Validation of reconveyances of tax foreclosed property by county boards of commissioners.The action of county boards of commissioners taken prior to March 20, 1951, reconveying tax foreclosed property by private sale to the former owners or other interested parties for amounts not less than such counties' interest therein is hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated. (1951, c. 300, s. 2; 1971, c. 806, s. 1; 1987, c. 777, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.27 - Title to real property affected by boundary certification; liens.

 47-108.27. Title to real property affected by boundary certification; liens.(a) Title to real property previously treated as being subject to the jurisdiction of the State of South Carolina but that is recognized as being within the boundaries of this State as a result of the certification of the boundary is not affected by the certification of the boundary or the recognition of the real property as being within the boundaries of this State. All conveyances and instruments of title, of any sort, made prior to the certification of the boundary shall be recognized and given full faith and credit in this State according to the law, jurisdiction, and terms in effect at the time of the conveyance in the jurisdiction the property was previously treated as being subject to. For the purposes of this subsection, "instruments of title" means any instrument that affects title or constitutes the chain of title to real property, including, but not limited to, all deeds, wills, estate documents evidencing transfer of title, plats, surveys, easements, rights-of-way, outstanding mortgages and deeds of trust, judicial orders or decrees, and documents evidencing intestate succession.(b) Liens recorded prior to the date of boundary certification with the register of deeds or docketed with the clerk of superior court in the county in this State where the affected parcel is situated shall attach, as a class, to the affected parcel as of the effective date and time of the boundary certification. This class of liens shall be assigned priority as of the date of boundary certification but shall retain the same priority among themselves as if this subsection did not apply.  (2016-23, ss. 3(c), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-108.28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration.|§ 47-108.28 - Seven-year curative statute.

 47-108.28. Seven-year curative statute.(a) An instrument conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real property that contains a defect, irregularity, or omission shall be deemed effective to vest title as stated therein and to the same extent as though the instrument had not contained the material defect, irregularity, or omission, if both of the following conditions are met:(1) The instrument is recorded by the register of deeds in the county or counties where the property is situated.(2) The material defect, irregularity, or omission is not corrected within seven years after the instrument was recorded.The proper recordation and indexing of a curative instrument or a notice of lis pendens shall toll the seven-year curative period.  (b) For the purposes of this section only, an instrument shall be deemed to contain a "defect, irregularity, or omission" when any of the following conditions are met:(1) The recorded instrument lacks any of the following:a. A properly executed form of acknowledgment as provided under Article 3 of this Chapter or Chapter 10B of the General Statutes.b. The proper recital of consideration paid.c. The residence of a party.d. The address of the property.e. The address of a party.f. The date of the instrument.g. The date of any instrument or obligation secured by the instrument.h. The proper affixation of seal by any person authorized to execute an instrument by virtue of an office or appointment held by the grantor that is required to affix the seal to the recorded instrument under applicable law.(2) The name of a grantor, trustor, mortgagor, assignor, borrower, or other person with an interest in the property does not appear in any part of the instrument, but the person executed the instrument without limitation or qualification. The person who executed the instrument without limitation or qualification shall be deemed to have conveyed or encumbered (as applicable) any interest or right such person then had in the property conveyed or encumbered by the terms of the instrument.(c) Nothing in this section is intended to modify any provisions of law pertaining to the competency or infancy of the grantor or the provisions of Chapter 22 of the General Statutes or to limit any remedies available under the laws of this State.  (2017-110, s. 3; 2021-91, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-109 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-109 - Book for record of discharges in office of register of deeds; specifications.

 47-109. Book for record of discharges in office of register of deeds; specifications.There shall be provided, and at all times maintained, in the office of the register of deeds of each county in North Carolina a special and permanent book, in which shall be recorded official discharges from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and other branches of the Armed Forces of the United States. The book shall be securely bound, and the pages of the book shall be printed in the form of discharge papers, with sufficient blank lines for the recording of such dates as may be contained in the discharge papers offered for registration.  (1921, c. 198, s. 1; C.S., s. 3366(k); 1945, c. 659, s. 2; 2011-183, s. 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-110 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-110 - Registration of official discharge or certificate of lost discharge.

 47-110. Registration of official discharge or certificate of lost discharge.Upon the presentation to the register of deeds of any county of any official discharge, or official certificate of lost discharge, from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or any other branch of the Armed Forces of the United States the register of deeds shall record the same without charge in the book provided for in G.S. 47-109.  (1921, c. 198, s. 2; C.S., s. 3366(l); 1943, c. 599; 1945, c. 659, s. 1; 2011-183, s. 35.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-111 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-111 - Inquiry by register of deeds; oath of applicant.

 47-111. Inquiry by register of deeds; oath of applicant.If any register of deeds shall be in doubt as to whether or not any paper so presented for registration is an official discharge from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or any other branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or an official certificate of lost discharge, the register of deeds shall have power to examine, under oath, the person so presenting such discharge, or otherwise inquire into its validity; and every register of deeds to whom a discharge or certificate of lost discharge is presented for registration shall administer to the person offering such discharge or certificate of lost discharge for registration the following oath, to be recorded with and form a part of the registration of such discharge or certificate of lost discharge:"I, ______________, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing discharge (or certificate of lost discharge) is the original discharge (or certificate of lost discharge) issued to me by the government of the United States; and that no alterations have been made therein by me, or by any person to my knowledge.    Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________ day of ________, ________"  (1921, c. 198, s. 3; C.S., s. 3366(m); 1999-456, s. 59; 2011-183, s. 36.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-112 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-112 - Forgery or alteration of discharge or certificate; punishment.

 47-112. Forgery or alteration of discharge or certificate; punishment.Any person who shall forge, or in any manner alter any discharge or certificate of lost discharge issued by the government of the United States, and offer the same for registration or secure the registration of the same under the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1921, c. 198, s. 4; C.S., s. 3366(n); 1993, c. 539, s. 409; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-113 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-113 - Certified copy of registration.

 47-113. Certified copy of registration.Any person desiring a certified copy of any such discharge, or certificate of lost discharge, registered under the provisions of this Article shall apply for the same to the register of deeds of the county in which such discharge or certificate of lost discharge is registered. The register of deeds shall furnish certified copies of instruments registered under this Article without charge to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who applies therefor.  (1921, c. 198, s. 5; C.S., s. 3366(o); 1945, c. 659, s. 3; 1969, c. 80, s. 11; 2011-183, s. 37.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-114 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 5 - Registration of Official Discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States.|§ 47-114 - Payment of expenses incurred.

 47-114. Payment of expenses incurred.The county commissioners of each county are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to appropriate from the general fund of the county an amount sufficient to cover any additional expense incurred by the register of deeds of the county in carrying out the purposes of this Article. (1945, c. 659, s. 3 1/2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-115 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 6 - Registration and Execution of Instruments Signed under a Power of Attorney.|§ 47-115 - Execution in name of either principal or attorney-in-fact; indexing in names of both.

 47-115. Execution in name of either principal or attorney-in-fact; indexing in names of both.Any instrument in writing executed by an attorney-in-fact shall be good and valid as the instrument of the principal, whether or not said instrument is signed and/or acknowledged in the name of the principal by the attorney-in-fact or by the attorney-in-fact designating himself as attorney-in-fact for the principal or acknowledged in the name of the attorney-in-fact without naming the principal from which it will appear that it was the purpose of the attorney-in-fact to be acting for and on behalf of the principal mentioned or referred to in the instrument. This section shall not affect any pending litigation or the status of any matter heretofore determined by the courts. This section shall apply to all such instruments heretofore or hereafter executed. Registers of deeds shall be required to index all such instruments filed for registration both in the name of the principal or principals executing the powers of appointment and in the name of the attorney-in-fact executing the instrument: Provided, that instruments heretofore registered and indexed only in the name of the attorney-in-fact shall be valid and in all respects binding upon the principal or principals insofar as validity of registration is concerned. (1945, c. 204; 1959, c. 210.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-116 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 7 - Private Examination of Married Women Abolished.|§ 47-116 - Transferred to G.S. 47-14.1 by Session Laws 1951, c. 893.

 47-116. Transferred to G.S. 47-14.1 by Session Laws 1951, c. 893.
NC Gen Stat § 47-117 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 8 - Memoranda of Leases and Options.|§ 47-117 - Forms do not preclude use of others; adaptation of forms.

 47-117. Forms do not preclude use of others; adaptation of forms.(a) The form prescribed in this Article does not exclude the use of other forms which are sufficient in law.(b) The prescribed form may be adapted to fit the various situations in which the grantors or grantees are individuals, firms, associations, corporations, or otherwise, or combinations thereof. (1961, c. 1174.)