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NC Gen Stat § 47-16.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.2 - Definitions.

 47-16.2. Definitions.In this Article:(1) "Document" means information that is:a. Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; andb. Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the register of deeds.(2) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(3) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the register of deeds in an electronic form.(4) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (2005-391, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.3 - Validity of electronic documents.

 47-16.3. Validity of electronic documents.(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this Article.(b) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.(c) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to notarize, acknowledge, verify, witness, or administer the oath, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors from requiring that the image of a seal accompany any plat or map that is presented electronically for recording. (2005-391, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.4 - Recording of documents.

 47-16.4. Recording of documents.(a) In this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the register of deeds in a form that is not electronic.(b) A register of deeds:(1) Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with standards adopted by the Secretary of State.(2) May receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents.(3) May provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.(4) Who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.(5) May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.(6) May convert into electronic form information recorded before the register of deeds began to record electronic documents.(7) May accept electronically any fee or tax that the register of deeds is authorized to collect.(8) May agree with other officials of this State or a political subdivision thereof on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of conditions to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes. (2005-391, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.6 - Uniformity of application and construction.

 47-16.6. Uniformity of application and construction.In applying and construing this Article, consideration shall be given to promoting uniformity of interpretation of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act among states that enact it. (2005-391, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-16.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 1A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|§ 47-16.7 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

 47-16.7. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.This Article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7001, et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. 7003(b)). (2005-391, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-17 - Probate and registration sufficient without livery of seizin, etc.

 47-17. Probate and registration sufficient without livery of seizin, etc.All deeds, contracts or leases, before registration, except those executed prior to January 1, 1870, shall be acknowledged by the grantor, lessor or the person executing the same, or their signature proven on oath by one or more witnesses in the manner prescribed by law, and all deeds executed and registered according to law shall be valid, and pass title and estates without livery of seizin, attornment or other ceremony. (29, Ch. II, c. 3; 1715, c. 7; 1756, c. 58, s. 3; 1838-9, c. 33; R.C., c. 37, s. 1; Code, s. 1245; 1885, c. 147, s. 3; 1905, c. 277; Rev., s. 979; C.S., s. 3308.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-17.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-17.1 - Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.

 47-17.1. Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.The register of deeds of any county in North Carolina shall not accept for registration, nor shall any judge order registration pursuant to G.S. 47-14, of any deeds or deeds of trust, executed after January 1, 1980, unless the first page of the deeds or deeds of trust bears an entry showing the name of the drafter of the deed or deed of trust. The register of deeds shall not be required to verify or make inquiry concerning the capacity or authority of the person or entity shown as the drafter on the instrument.  (1953, c. 1160; 1955, cc. 54, 59, 87, 88, 264, 280, 410, 628, 655; 1957, cc. 431, 469, 932, 982, 1119, 1290; 1959, cc. 266, 312, 548, 589; 1961, cc. 789, 1167; 1965, cc. 160, 597, 830; 1967, cc. 42, 139; c. 639, s. 2; c. 658; 1969, c. 10; 1971, c. 46; 1973, cc. 65, 283, 342; 1979, c. 703; 1981, c. 362, ss. 1, 2; 2011-351, s. 3; 2018-80, s. 2.1; 2020-50, s. 3(a), (b); 2020-69, s. 6(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 47-17.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-17.2 - Assignments of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other agreements pledging real property as security.

 47-17.2. Assignments of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other agreements pledging real property as security.It shall not be necessary in order to effect a valid assignment of a note and deed of trust, mortgage, or other agreement pledging real property or an interest in real property as security for an obligation, to record a written assignment in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the real property is located. A transfer of the promissory note or other instrument secured by the deed of trust, mortgage, or other security interest that constitutes an effective assignment under the law of this State shall be an effective assignment of the deed of trust, mortgage, or other security instrument. The assignee of the note shall have the right to enforce all obligations contained in the promissory note or other agreement, and all the rights of the assignor in the deed of trust, mortgage, or other security instrument, including the right to substitute the trustee named in any deed of trust, and to exercise any power of sale contained in the instrument without restriction. The provisions of this section do not preclude the recordation of a written assignment of a deed of trust, mortgage, or other security instrument, with or without the promissory note or other instrument that it secures, provided that the assignment complies with applicable law. (1993, c. 288, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-18 - Conveyances, contracts to convey, options, and leases of land.

 47-18. Conveyances, contracts to convey, options, and leases of land.(a) No (i) conveyance of land, (ii) contract to convey, (iii) option to purchase or convey, (iv) lease of land for more than three years, (v) right of first refusal, or (vi) right of first offer is valid to pass any property interest as against lien creditors or purchasers for a valuable consideration from the donor, bargainor, or lessor but from the time of its registration in the county where the land lies, or if the land is located in more than one county, then in each county where any portion of the land lies to be effective as to the land in that county. Unless otherwise stated either on the registered instrument or on a separate registered instrument duly executed by the party whose priority interest is adversely affected, (i) instruments registered in the office of the register of deeds have priority based on the order of registration as determined by the time of registration, and (ii) if instruments are registered simultaneously, then the instruments are presumed to have priority determined as follows:(1) The earliest document number set forth on the registered instrument.(2) The sequential book and page number set forth on the registered instrument if no document number is set forth on the registered instrument.The presumption created by this subsection is rebuttable.(b) This section shall not apply to contracts, leases or deeds executed prior to March 1, 1885, until January 1, 1886; and no purchase from any such donor, bargainor or lessor shall avail or pass title as against any unregistered deed executed prior to December 1, 1885, when the person holding or claiming under such unregistered deed shall be in actual possession and enjoyment of such land, either in person or by his tenant, at the time of the execution of such second deed, or when the person claiming under or taking such second deed had at the time of taking or purchasing under such deed actual or constructive notice of such unregistered deed, or the claim of the person holding or claiming thereunder.  (Code, s. 1245; 1885, c. 147, s. 1; Rev., s. 980; C.S., s. 3309; 1959, c. 90; 1975, c. 507; 2003-219, s. 2; 2005-212, s. 2; 2021-91, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-18.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-18.1 - Registration of certificate of corporate merger, consolidation, or conversion.

 47-18.1. Registration of certificate of corporate merger, consolidation, or conversion.(a) If title to real property in this State is vested by operation of law in another entity upon the merger, consolidation, or conversion of an entity, such vesting is effective against lien creditors or purchasers for a valuable consideration from the entity formerly owning the property, only from the time of registration of a certificate thereof as provided in this section, in the county where the land lies, or if the land is located in more than one county, then in each county where any portion of the land lies to be effective as to the land in that county.(b) The Secretary of State shall adopt uniform certificates of merger, consolidation, or conversion, to be furnished for registration, and shall adopt such fees as are necessary for the expense of such certification. If the entity involved is not a domestic entity, a similar certificate by any competent authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization may be registered in accordance with this section.(c) A certificate of the Secretary of State prepared in accordance with this section shall be registered by the register of deeds in the same manner as deeds, and for the same fees, but no formalities as to acknowledgment, probate, or approval by any other officer shall be required. The name of the entity formerly owning the property shall appear in the "Grantor" index, and the name of the entity owning the property by virtue of the merger, consolidation, or conversion shall appear in the "Grantee" index. (1967, c. 950, s. 3; 1991, c. 645, s. 2(b); 1999-369, s. 5.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-18.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-18.2 - Registration of Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver.

 47-18.2. Registration of Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver.An Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver or other consent to transfer issued by the Secretary of Revenue bearing the signature of the Secretary of Revenue or the official facsimile signature of the Secretary of Revenue may be registered by the Register of Deeds in the county or counties where the real estate described in the Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver or consent to transfer is located in the same manner as deeds, and for the same fees, but no formalities as to acknowledgement, probate, or approval by an officer shall be required. The name of the decedent owning the real property at death shall appear in the "Grantor" index. Nothing herein shall require a personal representative or other person interested in the decedent's estate to register Inheritance and Estate Tax Waivers or consents to transfer. (1987, c. 548, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-19 - Unregistered deeds prior to January, 1920, registered on affidavit.

 47-19. Unregistered deeds prior to January, 1920, registered on affidavit.Any person holding any unregistered deed or claiming title thereunder, executed prior to the first day of January, 1920, may have the same registered without proof of the execution thereof by making an affidavit, before the officer having jurisdiction to take probate of such deed, that the grantor, bargainor or maker of such deed, and the witnesses thereto, are dead or cannot be found, that he cannot make proof of their handwriting, and that affiant believes such deed to be a bona fide deed and executed by the grantor therein named. Said affidavit shall be written upon or attached to such deed, and the same, together with such deed, shall be entitled to registration in the same manner and with the same effect as if proved in the manner prescribed by law for other deeds. (1885, c. 147, s. 2; 1905, c. 277; Rev., s. 981; 1913, c. 116; 1915, cc. 13, 90; C.S., s. 3310; Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 56; 1951, c. 771.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-20.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-20.1 - Place of registration; real property.

 47-20.1. Place of registration; real property.To be validly registered pursuant to G.S. 47-20, a deed of trust or mortgage of real property must be registered in the county where the land lies, or if the land is located in more than one county, then the deed of trust or mortgage must be registered in each county where any portion of the land lies in order to be effective as to the land in that county. (1953, c. 1190, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-20.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-20.3 - Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property.

 47-20.3. Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property.To be validly registered pursuant to G.S. 47-20, a mortgage, deed of trust or conditional sales contract, or any combination of these, of both personal property and real property must be registered pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 47-20.1 for the real property covered by the instrument and pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 47-20.2 for the personal property covered by the instrument, and in each case the registration must be indexed in the records designated for the particular type of property involved. (1953, c. 1190, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-20.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-20.4 - Place of registration; chattel real.

 47-20.4. Place of registration; chattel real.To be validly registered pursuant to G.S. 47-20, a deed of trust or mortgage of a leasehold interest or other chattel real must be registered in the county where the land involved lies, or if the land involved is located in more than one county, then the deed of trust or mortgage must be registered in each county where any portion of the land involved lies in order to be effective as to the land in that county. (1959, c. 1026, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-20.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-20.6 - Affidavit for permanent attachment of titled manufactured home to real property.

 47-20.6. Affidavit for permanent attachment of titled manufactured home to real property.(a) If the owner of real property or the owner of the manufactured home who has entered into a lease with a primary term of at least 20 years for the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed has surrendered the title to a manufactured home that is placed on the real property and the title has been cancelled by the Division of Motor Vehicles under G.S. 20-109.2, the owner, or the secured party having the first security interest in the manufactured home at time of surrender, shall record the affidavit described in G.S. 20-109.2 with the office of the register of deeds of the county where the real property is located. Upon recordation, the affidavit shall be indexed on the grantor index in the name of the owner of the manufactured home and on the grantee index in the name of the secured party or lienholder, if any.(b) After the affidavit is recorded, the manufactured home becomes an improvement to real property. Any lien on the manufactured home shall be perfected and given priority in the manner provided for a lien on real property.(c) Following recordation of the affidavit, all existing liens on the real property are considered to include the manufactured home. Thereafter, no conveyance of any interest, lien, or encumbrance shall attach to the manufactured home, unless the interest, lien, or encumbrance is applicable to the real property on which the home is located and is recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the real property is located in accordance with the applicable sections of this Chapter.(d) The provisions of this section control over the provisions of G.S. 25-9-334 relating to the priority of a security interest in fixtures, as applied to manufactured homes. (2001-506, s. 3; 2003-400, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-20.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-20.7 - Declaration of intent to affix manufactured home; transfer of real property with manufactured home attached.

 47-20.7. Declaration of intent to affix manufactured home; transfer of real property with manufactured home attached.(a) A person who owns real property on which a manufactured home has been or will be placed or the owner of a manufactured home who has entered into a lease with a primary term of at least 20 years for the real property on which the manufactured home has been or will be placed, as defined in G.S. 105-273(13), and either where the manufactured home has never been titled by the Division of Motor Vehicles or where the title to the manufactured home has been surrendered and cancelled by the Division prior to January 1, 2002, may record in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the real property is located a declaration of intent to affix the manufactured home to the property and may convey or encumber the real property, including the manufactured home, by a deed, deed of trust, or other instrument recorded in the office of the register of deeds.(b) The declaration of intent, deed, deed of trust, or other instrument shall contain a description of the manufactured home, including the name of the manufacturer, the model name, if applicable, the serial number, and a statement of the owner's intention that the manufactured home be treated as property.(c) On or after the filing of the instrument with the office of the register of deeds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the manufactured home placed, or to be placed, on the property becomes an improvement to real property. Any lien on the manufactured home shall be perfected and have priority in the manner provided for a lien on real property.(d) The provisions of this section control over the provisions of G.S. 25-9-334 relating to the priority of a security interest in fixtures, as applied to manufactured homes. (2001-506, s. 3; 2003-400, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 47-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration|Article 2 - Registration.|§ 47-21 - Blank or master forms of mortgages, etc.; embodiment by reference in instruments later filed.

 47-21. Blank or master forms of mortgages, etc.; embodiment by reference in instruments later filed.It shall be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to have a blank or master form of mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, filed, indexed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds. When any such blank or master form is filed, the register of deeds shall record it and shall index it in the manner now provided by law for the indexing of instruments recorded in the office of the register of deeds, except that the name of the person, firm or corporation whose name appears on such blank or master form shall be inserted in the indices as grantor and also as grantee. The fee for filing, recording and indexing such blank or master form shall be that for recording instruments in general, as provided in G.S. 161-10(a)(1).When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, refers to the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations, or powers set forth in any such blank or master form recorded as herein authorized, and states the office of recordation of such blank or master form, book and page where same is recorded such reference shall be equivalent to setting forth in extenso in such deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations and powers set forth in such blank or master form. Provided this section shall not apply to Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Dare, Gates, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Iredell, Jackson, Martin, Moore, Perquimans, Sampson, Stanly, Swain, Transylvania, Vance, Washington and Watauga Counties. (1935, c. 153; 1971, c. 156; 2001-390, s. 4.)