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NC Gen Stat § 46A-84.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 2 - Partition of Real Property.|§ 46A-84.5 - Petition for revocation based on default bid.

 46A-84.5. Petition for revocation based on default bid.If a purchaser in a partition sale defaults on the purchaser's bid, any party to the partition proceeding or the officer or person designated to make the sale may at any time petition the court to revoke its order confirming the partition sale. The petitioner for revocation shall serve all parties required to be served under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 5, and, if the purchaser is not a party, serve the purchaser under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4(j). If the court finds that the purchaser defaulted on the purchaser's bid and is unable to cure the default, the court shall revoke its order of confirmation and order a resale.  (2021-91, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 46A-85 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 2 - Partition of Real Property.|§ 46A-85 - Order becoming final; appeal; purchase of property.

 46A-85. Order becoming final; appeal; purchase of property.(a) Order Becoming Final; Appeal. - An order confirming the partition sale of real property becomes final 15 days after entry of the order of confirmation or when the clerk denies a petition for revocation, whichever occurs later. A party may appeal an order confirming the partition sale of real property within 10 days of the order becoming final.(b) Purchase of Property. - After the order of confirmation becomes final, the successful bidder may immediately purchase the property.(c) Effect of Deed. - The deed of the officer or person designated to make the sale shall convey to the purchaser such title and estate in the property as the cotenants and all other parties to the proceeding had in the property.(d) Sale Proceeds. - Upon receipt of the sale proceeds by either the court or the commissioner, the court shall secure to each cotenant the cotenant's ratable share in severalty of the proceeds of sale. If the ratable share due to each cotenant has not yet been determined by the court, the court shall set the matter for hearing on the court's own motion or upon motion of a party or commissioner.  (1868-9, c. 122, ss. 13, 31; Code, ss. 1904, 1921; Rev., ss. 2512, 2513; C.S., ss. 3241, 3244; 1949, c. 719, s. 2; 1977, c. 833, ss. 1-3; 1985, c. 626, ss. 3-8; 2001-271, s. 19; 2009-362, s. 4; 2009-512, s. 5; 2020-23, ss. 2(jj)-(ll), (nn), 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 46A-86 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 2 - Partition of Real Property.|§ 46A-86 - Sale proceeds belonging to certain parties.

 46A-86. Sale proceeds belonging to certain parties.(a) Minor; Incompetent Adult. - When real property is sold under this Chapter and a party to the proceeding is a minor or an incompetent adult, the court shall take appropriate steps to secure the proceeds for the benefit of the party, including any of the following:(1) For proceeds up to the allowable amounts in G.S. 7A-111, receive, administer, and disburse the proceeds pursuant to that section.(2) Order the proceeds disbursed to any of the following:a. A guardian of the estate or general guardian under Chapter 35A of the General Statutes.b. An agent under Chapter 32C of the General Statutes.c. In the case of a minor, a custodian under Chapter 33A of the General Statutes.d. A custodial trust under Chapter 33B of the General Statutes.e. A trust under Chapter 36C of the General Statutes.(b) Certain Other Parties. - When a sale is made under this Chapter, the court shall invest or deposit under G.S. 7A-112 and G.S. 7A-112.1 proceeds belonging to the following parties:(1) A party who is imprisoned, if the proceeds cannot be disbursed to, or at the direction of, the party.(2) An unknown or unlocatable cotenant.A party may seek disbursement of these proceeds by filing a motion in the proceeding. If the party shows that the proceeds belong to the party, the court shall order that the proceeds be disbursed to the party.  (1868-9, c. 122, s. 17; Code, s. 1908; 1887, c. 284, s. 3; Rev., s. 2516; C.S., s. 3245; 2020-23, ss. 2(oo), 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 46A-100 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 3 - Partition of Personal Property.|§ 46A-100 - Personal property may be partitioned.

 46A-100. Personal property may be partitioned.A tenant in common or joint tenant of personal property may file a petition in superior court to partition the property.  (1868-9, c. 122, s. 27; Code, s. 1917; Rev., s. 2504; C.S., s. 3253; 2020-23, ss. 2(pp), 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 46A-101 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 3 - Partition of Personal Property.|§ 46A-101 - Commissioners appointed; filing and service of report; confirmation; motion for relief.

 46A-101. Commissioners appointed; filing and service of report; confirmation; motion for relief.(a) Appointment. - If the court determines that the petitioner is entitled to relief, the court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who, being first duly sworn, shall proceed within 20 days after notice of their appointment to partition the personal property in shares that are as nearly proportionate in value as possible to the interests of the cotenants.(b) Report. - The commissioners shall file a written report of their proceedings in the court, signed by any two of them, within five days after the actual partition. At the time of filing, the commissioners shall serve a copy of the report on all the parties.(c) Confirmation. - If no party files an exception to the commissioners' report within 10 days of service of the report on all the parties, the court shall confirm the report.(d) Motion for Relief. - After confirmation of the report, any party may seek relief from the order of confirmation for mistake, fraud, or collusion by a motion in the proceeding. This relief, however, shall not affect an innocent purchaser for value and without notice.  (1868-9, c. 122, s. 28; Code, s. 1918; Rev., s. 2505; C.S., s. 3254; 1953. c. 24; 2020-23, ss. 2(qq), (rr), 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 46A-102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 46A - Partition|Article 3 - Partition of Personal Property.|§ 46A-102 - Partition sale of personal property.

 46A-102. Partition sale of personal property.(a) If the court determines that an actual partition of personal property would injure some of the parties and that a partition sale is necessary, the court shall order a sale to be made as provided in Article 29A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes. In a partition sale, the court is not required to appoint more than one commissioner.(b) G.S. 46A-86 applies to sale proceeds under this section.  (1868-9, c. 122, s. 29; Code, s. 1919; Rev., s. 2519; C.S., s. 3255; 1949, c. 719, s. 2; 2020-23, ss. 2(ss), 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-1 - Officials of State authorized to take probate.

 47-1. Officials of State authorized to take probate.The execution of all deeds of conveyance, contracts to buy, sell or convey lands, mortgages, deeds of trust, instruments modifying or extending the terms of mortgages or deeds of trust, assignments, powers of attorney, covenants to stand seized to the use of another, leases for more than three years, releases, affidavits concerning land titles or family history, any instruments pertaining to real property, and any and all instruments and writings of whatever nature and kind which are required or allowed by law to be registered in the office of the register of deeds or which may hereafter be required or allowed by law to be so registered, may be proved or acknowledged before any one of the following officials of this State: The justices, judges, magistrates, clerks, assistant clerks, and deputy clerks of the General Court of Justice, and notaries public. (Code, s. 1246; 1895, c. 161, ss. 1, 3; 1897, c. 87; 1899, c. 235; Rev., s. 989; C.S., s. 3293; 1951, c. 772; 1969, c. 44, s. 52; 1971, c. 1185, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-2.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-2.1 - Validation of instruments proved before officers of certain ranks.

 47-2.1. Validation of instruments proved before officers of certain ranks.Any instrument or writing, required by law to be proved or acknowledged before an officer, which prior to the ratification of this section was proved or acknowledged before an officer of the United States Army or Marine Corps having the rank of second lieutenant or higher, or any officer of the United States Navy, or United States Coast Guard, or United States Merchant Marine, having the rank of ensign or higher, is hereby validated and declared sufficient for all purposes.  (1945, c. 6, s. 2; 2011-183, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-2.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-2.2 - Notary public of sister state; lack of seal or stamp or expiration date of commission.

 47-2.2. Notary public of sister state; lack of seal or stamp or expiration date of commission.(a) If the proof or acknowledgment of any instrument is had before a notary public of any state other than North Carolina and the instrument does not (i) show the seal or stamp of the notary public, (ii) provide evidence pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that a seal or stamp is not required and the expiration date of the commission of the notary public, or (iii) state, as part of the proof or acknowledgement or as part of the notary's seal, that the notary's commission does not expire or is a lifetime appointment, then the certificate of proof or acknowledgment made by the notary public shall be accompanied by the certificate of the county official before whom the notary qualifies for office or of a state officer authorized to issue certificates regarding notary commission status, stating that the notary public was at the time the certificate bears date an acting notary public of that state, and that the notary's genuine signature is set to the certificate. The certificate of the official shall be under the official's hand and official seal.(b) A proof or acknowledgement that does not require a seal or stamp of the notary to be effective in the jurisdiction issuing the notary's commission shall include either (i) a statement by the notary within the proof or acknowledgement area of the instrument that the notary is not required to utilize a seal or stamp or (ii) a reference that purports to be the statute of the commissioning state which provides that no seal or stamp is required together with a statement that the notary is not required to utilize a seal or stamp. The register of deeds may rely upon this statement and is not responsible for confirming its validity or the authority of the person making it. A register of deeds shall not refuse to accept a record for registration because a notarial seal or stamp is omitted from the proof or acknowledgement if this subsection has been complied with in the proof or acknowledgement. The acceptance of a record for registration under this subsection gives rise to a presumption that the seal or stamp was not required to be affixed by the notary. This presumption is rebuttable and applies to all instruments whenever recorded. However, a court order finding the lack of a valid seal does not affect the rights of a person that (i) records an interest in the real property described in the instrument before the finding of a lack of a valid seal and (ii) would otherwise have an enforceable interest in the real property.  (1973, c. 1016; 2013-204, s. 1.12; 2021-91, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-5 - When seal of officer necessary to probate.

 47-5. When seal of officer necessary to probate.When proof or acknowledgment of the execution of any instrument by any maker of such instrument, whether a person or corporation, is had before any official authorized by law to take such proof and acknowledgment, and such official has an official seal, he shall set his official seal to his certificate. If the official before whom the instrument is proved or acknowledged has no official seal he shall certify under his hand, and his private seal shall not be essential. When the instrument is proved or acknowledged before the register of deeds of the county in which the instrument is to be registered, the official seal shall not be necessary. (1899, c. 235, s. 8; Rev., s. 993; C.S., s. 3297; 1969, c. 664, s. 3; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-6 - Officials may act although land or maker's residence elsewhere.

 47-6. Officials may act although land or maker's residence elsewhere.The execution of all instruments required or permitted by law to be registered may be proved or acknowledged before any of the officials authorized by law to take probates, regardless of the county in this State in which the subject matter of the instrument may be situated and regardless of the domicile, residence or citizenship of the person who executes such instrument, or of the domicile, residence or citizenship of the person to whom or for whose benefit such instrument may be made. (1899, c. 235, s. 13; Rev., s. 994; C.S., s. 3298.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-8.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-8.1 - Certain documents verified by attorneys validated.

 47-8.1. Certain documents verified by attorneys validated.Final judgments otherwise proper, entered in actions or proceedings in which the complaints or any other documents were verified in violation of G.S. 47-8 prior to its repeal shall not be void or voidable. (1991, c. 543, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-9 - Probates before stockholders in building and loan associations.

 47-9. Probates before stockholders in building and loan associations.No acknowledgment or proof of execution of any mortgage or deed of trust executed to secure the payment of any indebtedness to any building and loan association shall hereafter be held invalid by reason of the fact that the officer taking such acknowledgment or proof is a stockholder in said building and loan association. This section does not authorize any officer or director of a building and loan association to take acknowledgments or proofs. The provisions of this section shall apply to federal savings and loan associations having their principal offices in this State. Acknowledgments and proofs of execution, including private examinations of any married woman taken before March 20, 1939, by an officer who is or was a stockholder in any federal savings and loan association, are hereby validated. (1913, c. 110, ss. 1, 3; C.S., s. 3301; 1939, c. 136; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-10 - Probate before stockholders or directors in banking corporations.

 47-10. Probate before stockholders or directors in banking corporations.No acknowledgment or proof of execution, including privy examination of married women, of any mortgage, or deed of trust executed to secure the payment of any indebtedness to any banking corporation, taken prior to the first day of January, 1929, shall be held invalid by reason of the fact that the officer taking such acknowledgment, proof or privy examination, was a stockholder or director in such banking corporation. (1929, c. 302, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-11 - Subpoenas to maker and subscribing witnesses.

 47-11. Subpoenas to maker and subscribing witnesses.The grantee or other party to an instrument required or allowed by law to be registered may at his own expense obtain from the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the instrument is required to be registered a subpoena for any or all of the makers of or subscribing witnesses to such instrument, commanding such maker or subscribing witness to appear before such clerk at his office at a certain time to give evidence concerning the execution of the instrument. The subpoena shall be directed to the sheriff of the county in which the person upon whom it is to be served resides. If any person refuses to obey such subpoena he is liable to a fine of forty dollars ($40.00) or to be attached for contempt by the clerk, upon its being made to appear to the satisfaction of the clerk that such disobedience was intentional, under the same rules of law as are prescribed in the cases of other defaulting witnesses. (Code, s. 1268; 1897, c. 28; 1899, c. 235, s. 16; Rev., s. 996; C.S., s. 3302.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-12 - Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.

 47-12. Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.Except as provided by G.S. 47-12.2, the execution of any instrument required or permitted by law to be registered, which has been witnessed by one or more subscribing witnesses, may be proved for registration before any official authorized by law to take proof of such an instrument, by a statement under oath of any such subscribing witness that the maker either signed the instrument in his presence or acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Nothing in this section in anywise affects any of the requirements set out in G.S. 52-10 or 52-10.1. (1899, c. 235, s. 12; Rev., s. 997; C.S., s. 3303; 1935, c. 168; 1937, c. 7; 1945, c. 73, s. 11; 1947, c. 991, s. 1; 1949, c. 815, ss. 1, 2; 1951, c. 379, s. 1; 1953, c. 1078, s. 1; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-12.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-12.1 - Proof of attested instrument by proof of handwriting.

 47-12.1. Proof of attested instrument by proof of handwriting.(a) If all subscribing witnesses have died or have left the State or have become of unsound mind or otherwise incompetent or unavailable, the execution of such instrument, except as provided by G.S. 47-12.2, may be proved for registration, before any official authorized by law to take proof of such an instrument, by a statement under oath that the affiant knows the handwriting of the maker and that the purported signature of the maker is in the handwriting of the maker, or by a statement under oath that the affiant knows the handwriting of a particular subscribing witness and that the purported signature of such subscribing witness is in the handwriting of such subscribing witness.(b) Nothing in this section in anywise affects any of the requirements set out in G.S. 52-10 or 52-10.1. (1899, c. 235, s. 12; Rev., s. 997; C.S., s. 3303; 1935, c. 168; 1937, c. 7; 1945, c. 73, s. 11; 1947, c. 991, s. 1; 1949, c. 815, ss. 1, 2; 1951, c. 379, s. 1; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-12.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-12.2 - Subscribing witness incompetent when grantee or beneficiary.

 47-12.2. Subscribing witness incompetent when grantee or beneficiary.The execution of an instrument may not be proved for registration by a subscribing witness who, at the time of the execution of the instrument by the subscribing witness, is the grantee or beneficiary therein nor by proof of his signature as such subscribing witness. Nothing in this section invalidates the registration of any instrument registered prior to April 9, 1935.  (1899, c. 235, s. 12; Rev., s. 997; C.S., s. 3303; 1935, c. 168; 1937, c. 7; 1945, c. 73, s. 11; 1947, c. 991, s. 1; 1949, c. 815, ss. 1, 2; 1951, c. 379, s. 1; 2013-204, s. 1.13.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-13 - Proof of unattested writing.

 47-13. Proof of unattested writing.If an instrument required or permitted by law to be registered has no subscribing witness, the execution of the same may be proven before any official authorized to take the proof and acknowledgment of such instrument by proof of the handwriting of the maker and this shall likewise apply to proof of execution of instruments by married persons. (1899, c. 235, s. 11; Rev., s. 998; C.S., s. 3304; 1945, c. 73, s. 12; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-13.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-13.1 - Certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.

 47-13.1. Certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.The person taking proof of an instrument pursuant to G.S. 47-12, 47-12.1 or 47-13 shall execute a certificate on or attached to the instrument being proved, certifying to the fact of proof substantially as provided in the certificate forms set out in G.S. 47-43.2, 47-43.3 and 47-43.4, and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified. (1951, c. 379, s. 2; 1953, c. 1078, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-14.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-14.1 - Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.

 47-14.1. Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.All deeds, contracts, conveyances, leaseholds or other instruments executed from and after February 7, 1945, shall be valid for all purposes without the separate, privy, or private examination of married woman where she is a party to or a grantor in such deed, contract, conveyance, leasehold or other instrument, and it shall not be necessary nor required that the separate or privy examination of such married woman be taken by the certifying officer. From and after February 7, 1945, all laws and clauses of laws contained in any section of the General Statutes requiring the privy or private examination of a married woman are hereby repealed. (1945, c. 73, s. 21; 1951, c. 893, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1 - Probate.|§ 47-16 - Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist.

 47-16. Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist. It is competent for the clerk of the superior court in any county in this State, on proof before him upon the oath and examination of the subscribing witness to any contract or instrument required to be registered under the laws of this State, to adjudge and order that such contract or instrument be registered as by law provided, when such contract or instrument is signed by any corporation in its corporate name by its president, and when such corporation has been out of existence for more than 10 years when the said contract or instrument is offered for probate and registration, and when the grantee and those claiming under any such grantee have been in the uninterrupted possession of the property described in said contract or instrument since the date of its execution; and said contract or instrument so probated and registered shall be as effective to all intents and purposes as if signed, sealed, and acknowledged, or proven, as provided under the existing laws of this State. (1911, c. 44, s. 1; C.S., s. 3307.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.1 - Short title.

 47-16.1. Short title.This Article may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. (2005-391, s. 1.)