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NC Gen Stat § 8-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-17 - Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch.

 8-17. Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch.In all trials where the title of either plaintiff or defendant shall be derived from Henry Eustace McCulloch, or Henry McCulloch, out of their tracts numbers one and three, it shall not be required of such party to produce, in support of his title, either the original grant from the crown to the proprietors, or a registered copy thereof; but in all such cases the grant or deed executed by such reputed proprietors, or by his or their lawful attorney, or a certified copy thereof, shall be deemed and held sufficient proof of the title of such proprietors, in the same manner as though the original grants were produced in evidence. (1807, c. 724, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 2; Code, s. 1337; Rev., s. 1601; C.S., s. 1762.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-18 - Certified copies of registered instruments evidence.

 8-18. Certified copies of registered instruments evidence.A copy of the record of any deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument required or allowed to be registered, duly authenticated by the certificate and official seal of the register of deeds of the county where the original or duly certified copy has been registered, may be given in evidence in any of the courts of the State where the original of such copy would be admitted as evidence, although the party offering the same shall be entitled to the possession of the original, and shall not account for the nonproduction thereof, unless by a rule or order of the court, made upon affidavit suggesting some material variance from the original in such registry or other sufficient grounds, such party shall have been previously required to produce the original, in which case the same shall be produced or its absence duly accounted for according to the course and practice of the court. (1846, c. 68, s. 1; R.C., c. 37, s. 16; Code, s. 1251; 1893, c. 119, s. 2; Rev., s. 1598; C.S., s. 1763.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-19 - Common survey of contiguous tracts evidence.

 8-19. Common survey of contiguous tracts evidence.Whenever any person owns several tracts of land which are contiguous or adjoining, but held under different deeds and different surveys, it may be lawful for any such person to have all such bodies of land included in one common survey by running around the lines of the outer tracts, and thereupon the possession of any part of said land covered by such common survey shall be deemed and held in law as a possession of the whole and every part thereof: Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights or claims of persons which have already accrued to any part of said land. In all cases where such common surveys are made as directed by this section, the same may be recorded and registered as in cases of deeds, and shall be evidence in like manner. (1869-70, c. 34, ss. 1, 2; Code, s. 1277; Rev., s. 1505; C.S., s. 1764.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-21 - Deeds and records thereof lost, presumed to be in due form.

 8-21. Deeds and records thereof lost, presumed to be in due form.Whenever it is shown in any judicial proceeding that a deed or conveyance of real estate has been lost or destroyed, and that the same had been registered, and that the register's book containing the copy has been destroyed by fire or other accident, so that a copy thereof cannot be had, it shall be presumed and held, unless the contents be shown to have been otherwise, that such deed or conveyance transferred an estate in fee simple, if the grantor was entitled to such an estate at the time of conveyance, and that it was made upon sufficient consideration. (1854, c. 17; R.C., c. 44, s. 14; Code, s. 1348; Rev., s. 1602; C.S., s. 1766.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-22 - Local: recitals in tax deeds in Haywood and Henderson.

 8-22. Local: recitals in tax deeds in Haywood and Henderson.In all legal controversies touching lands in the Counties of Haywood and Henderson, in which either party shall claim title under any sale for taxes alleged to have been due and laid, in and for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, or any preceding year, the recital contained in the deed or assurance, made by the sheriff or other officer conveying or assuring the same, of the taxes having been laid and assessed, and of the same having remained due and unpaid, shall be held and taken to be prima facie evidence of the truth of each and every of the matters so recited. (R.C., c. 44, s. 11; Code, s. 1346; Rev., s. 1606, C.S., s. 1767.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-22.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-22.1 - Local: tax deeds in Richmond.

 8-22.1. Local: tax deeds in Richmond.Proof of execution and delivery of a deed recorded before 1971 to a grantee by the sheriff of Richmond County pursuant to sale under execution in a tax foreclosure proceeding brought by Richmond County under G.S. 105-375 establishes a presumption that all notices required by G.S. 105-375 and Article 29B of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes were duly given and served, as required by law, to all persons entitled to receive the notices. (1981, c. 517.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-23 - Local: copies of records from Tyrrell.

 8-23. Local: copies of records from Tyrrell.Copies of records of the County of Tyrrell between the years one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, when copied in a book and certified to by the clerk of the Superior Court of Tyrrell County as to the records of his office and by the register of deeds as to the records of his office, and deposited in their respective offices in Washington County, shall be treated in all respects as original records and received as evidence in all courts of Washington County. (1903, c. 199; Rev., s. 1612, C.S., s. 1768.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-24 - Local: records of partition in Duplin.

 8-24. Local: records of partition in Duplin.The transcripts made by the clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County, in accordance with Chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seven, of the reports of committees relating to the partition of real estate on file in his office prior and up to the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, entered and indexed in a book entitled Reports of Committees, A, and the reports of committees beginning with and subsequent to the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, entered and indexed in a book entitled Reports of Committees, B, shall be as competent evidence as are the original reports of the committees. (1907, c. 395, ss. 3, 4; C.S., s. 1769.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-25 - Local: records of wills in Duplin.

 8-25. Local: records of wills in Duplin.The transcripts made by the clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County, in accordance with Chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seven, of all wills and entries of probate and dates of registration appearing on the same, on file in his office prior and up to the January term of the County Court of Duplin County, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and entered in a book designated as Records of Wills, A, and duly indexed as provided by law, shall be as competent evidence in any court as are the originals of such wills. (1907, c. 395, ss. 1, 2; C.S., s. 1770.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-26 - Local: records of deeds and wills in Anson.

 8-26. Local: records of deeds and wills in Anson.The copies of the deeds and deed books and of the wills and will books made in Anson County under the act of March second, one thousand nine hundred and five, shall have the same force and effect as the original deeds and deed books copied and as the original wills and will books copied, and shall take the place of said original deeds and deed books and wills and will books as evidence in all court procedure; and wherever said deed books or will books are ordered or directed to be produced in court by subpoena or other order of court, the copies made under such act shall be produced, unless the court shall specially order the production of the original books, and the copies so produced in court shall have the same validity and effect and be used for the same purposes, with the same effect, as the original books. (1905, c. 663, s. 3; Rev., s. 1615; C.S., s. 1771.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-27 - Local: records of wills in Brunswick.

 8-27. Local: records of wills in Brunswick.Under the provisions of Chapter one hundred and six of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and eight, authorizing and directing that all unrecorded wills, dated prior to January first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, on file in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Brunswick County, and which have been duly proved in the form required by law, and bearing the adjudication certificate of the proper officer, shall be recorded in the books of wills in the said office and properly indexed; that all wills recorded in the minutes of the court of pleas and quarter sessions or other books of record in said office shall be transcribed and indexed in the book of wills in said office; and that all wills recorded in the office of the register of deeds of said county shall be properly indexed in the book kept for the purpose in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county; the record of any instrument or certified copy thereof, recorded under the provisions of this Article, shall be admitted in evidence in the trial of any cause, subject to the same rules upon which other wills are admitted. (1908, s. 106; C.S., s. 1772.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-28 - Copies of wills.

 8-28. Copies of wills.Copies of wills, duly certified by the proper officer, may be given in evidence in any proceeding wherein the contents of the will may be competent evidence. (1784, c. 225, s. 6, P.R.; R.C., c. 119, s. 21; Code, s. 2175; Rev., s. 1603; C.S., s. 1773.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-29 - Copies of wills in Secretary of State's office.

 8-29. Copies of wills in Secretary of State's office.Copies of wills filed or recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, attested by the Secretary, may be given in evidence in any court, and shall be taken as sufficient proof of the devise of real estate, and are declared good and effectual to pass the estate therein devised: Provided, that no such will may be given in evidence in any court nor taken as sufficient proof of the devise unless a certificate of probate appear thereon. (1852, c. 172; R.C., c. 44, s. 12; 1856-7, c. 22; Code, s. 2181; Rev., s. 1607; C.S., s. 1774.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-30 - Copies of wills recorded in wrong county.

 8-30. Copies of wills recorded in wrong county.Whereas, by reason of the uncertainty of the boundary lines of many of the counties of the State, wills have been proved, recorded and registered in the wrong county, whereby titles are insecure; for remedy whereof: The registry or duly certified copy of the record of any will, duly recorded, may be given in evidence in any of the courts of this State. (1858-9, c. 18; Code, s. 2182; Rev., s. 1608; C.S., s. 1775.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-31 - Copy of will proved and lost before recorded.

 8-31. Copy of will proved and lost before recorded.When any will which has been proved and ordered to be recorded was destroyed during the war between the states, before it was recorded, a copy of such will, so entitled to be admitted to record, though not certified by any officer, shall, when the court shall be satisfied of the genuineness thereof, be ordered to be recorded, and shall be received in evidence whenever the original or duly certified exemplification would be; and such copies may be proved and admitted to record under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as are prescribed in Chapter 98 entitled Burnt and Lost Records. (1866-7, c. 127; Code, s. 2183; Rev., s. 1609; C.S., s. 1776.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-32 - Certified copies of deeds and wills from other states.

 8-32. Certified copies of deeds and wills from other states.In cases where inhabitants of other states or territories, by will or deed, devise or convey property situated in this State, and the original will or deed cannot be obtained for registration in the county where the land lies, or where the property shall be in dispute, a copy of said will or deed (after the same has been proved and registered or deposited, agreeable to the laws of the state where the person died or made the same) being properly certified, either according to the act of Congress or by the proper officer of the said state or territory, shall be read as evidence. (1802, c. 623, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 9; Code, s. 1344; Rev., s. 1619; C.S., s. 1777.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-33 - Copies of lost records in Bladen.

 8-33. Copies of lost records in Bladen.The clerk of the Superior Court of Bladen County shall transcribe the judgment docket and index books and the will books in his office, and all other books in said office containing records made since the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the records so transcribed shall have the same force and effect as the original records would have, and shall be received in evidence as the original records and be prima facie evidence of their correctness and of the sufficiency of their probate, though the probates are lost and are not transcribed. (1895, c. 415; 1903, c. 65; Rev., s. 1611; C.S., s. 1778.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-34 - Copies of official writings.

 8-34. Copies of official writings.(a) Copies of all official bonds, writings, papers, or documents, recorded or filed as records in any court, or public office, or lodged in the office of the Governor, Treasurer, Auditor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Adjutant General, or the State Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, shall be as competent evidence as the originals, when certified by the keeper of such records or writings under the seal of the keeper's office when there is such seal, or under the keeper's hand when there is no such seal, unless the court shall order the production of the original. Copies of the records of the board of county commissioners shall be evidence when certified by the clerk of the board under the clerk's hand and seal of the county.(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to records stored on any form of permanent, computer-readable media, such as a CD-ROM, if the medium is not subject to erasure or alteration. Nonerasable, computer-readable storage media may be used for preservation duplicates, as defined in G.S. 132-8.2, or for the preservation of permanently valuable records as provided in G.S. 121-5(d).  (1792, c. 368, s. 11, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 8; 1868-9, c. 20, s. 21; 1871-2, c. 91; Code, ss. 715, 1342; Rev., s. 1616; C.S., s. 1779; 1961, c. 739; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1999-131, s. 3; 1999-456, s. 47(c); 2011-326, s. 13(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 8-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-35 - Authenticated copies of public records.

 8-35. Authenticated copies of public records.All copies of bonds, contracts, notes, mortgages, or other papers relating to or connected with any loan, account, settlement of any account or any part thereof, or other transaction, between the United States or any state thereof or any corporation all of whose stock is beneficially owned by the United States or any state thereof, either directly or indirectly, and any person, natural or artificial; or extracts therefrom when complete on any one subject, or copies from the books or papers on file, or records of any public office of the State or the United States or of any corporation all of whose stock is beneficially owned by the United States or by any state thereof, directly or indirectly, shall be received in evidence and entitled to full faith and credit in any of the courts of this State when certified to by the chief officer or agent in charge of such public office or of such office of such corporation, or by the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation, to be true copies, and authenticated under the seal of the office, department, or corporation concerned. Any such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the genuineness of such certificate and seal, the truth of the statements made in such certificate, and the official character of the person by which it purports to have been executed. (1891, c. 501; Rev., s. 1617; C.S., s. 1780; 1939, c. 149.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-35.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-35.1 - Division of Motor Vehicles' record admissible as prima facie evidence of convictions of offenses involving impaired driving.

 8-35.1. Division of Motor Vehicles' record admissible as prima facie evidence of convictions of offenses involving impaired driving.Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 15A-924(d), a properly certified copy under G.S. 8-35 or G.S. 20-26(b) of the license records of a defendant kept by the Division of Motor Vehicles under G.S. 20-26(a) is admissible as prima facie evidence of any prior conviction of a defendant for an offense involving impaired driving as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(24a). (1975, c. 642, s. 1; c. 716, s. 5; 1983, c. 435, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-35.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-35.2 - Records of clerk of court criminal index admissible in certain cases.

 8-35.2. Records of clerk of court criminal index admissible in certain cases.Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 15A-924(d) or 15A-1340.4(e), certified copies of the records contained in the criminal index or similar records maintained manually or by automatic data processing equipment by the clerk of superior court, are admissible as prima facie evidence of any prior convictions of the person named in the records, if the original documents upon which the records are based have been destroyed pursuant to law. The index must contain at least the following information:(1) The case file number;(2) The name, sex, and race of the defendant;(3) His address;(4) His driver's license number, if the conviction is for a motor vehicle offense and the number is available;(5) The date of birth of the defendant, if it is available;(6) The offense for which he was charged and the date of same;(7) The disposition of the charge and the date of same;(8) Whether the defendant was indigent;(9) Whether he was represented by an attorney, and if so, the name of the attorney;(10) Whether the defendant waived his right to an attorney, and(11) The name and address of any victim, if available. (1985, c. 606, s. 1; 1997-456, s. 27.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-36 - Authenticated copy of record of administration.

 8-36. Authenticated copy of record of administration.When letters testamentary or of administration on the goods and chattels of any person deceased, being an inhabitant in another state or territory, have been granted, or a return or inventory of the estate has been made, a copy of the record of administration or of the letters testamentary, and a copy of an inventory or return of the effects of the deceased, after the same has been granted or made, agreeable to the laws of the state where the same has been done, being properly certified, either according to the act of Congress or by the proper officer of such state or territory, shall be allowed as evidence. (1834, c. 4; R.C., c. 44, s. 7; Code, s. 1343; Rev., s. 1618; C.S., s. 1781.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3 - Public Records.|§ 8-37 - Certificate of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to ownership of automobile.

 8-37. Certificate of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to ownership of automobile.In any civil or criminal action in which the ownership of a motor vehicle is relevant, evidence as to the letters and numbers appearing upon the registration plate attached to such vehicle or of the motor vehicle identification number, together with certified copies of records furnished pursuant to G.S. 20-42 by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles showing the name of the owner of the vehicle to which such registration plate or vehicle identification number is assigned, or a certified copy of the certificate of title for such motor vehicle on file with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, is prima facie evidence of the ownership of such motor vehicle. (1931, c. 88, s. 1; 1943, c. 650; 1979, c. 980.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-37.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 3A - Findings, Records and Reports of Federal Officers and Employees.|§ 8-37.1 - Finding of presumed death.

 8-37.1. Finding of presumed death.(a) A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and P.L. 408, ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th Cong.; 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this State as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of his disappearance. This subsection applies only to findings of presumed death made prior to the effective date of Section 5(b) of Public Law 89-554.(b) A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 37 of the U.S. Code, P.L. 89-554 as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this State as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances, and place of his disappearance. This subsection applies only to findings of presumed death made on or after the effective date of Section 5(b) of Public Law 89-554. (1945, c. 731, s. 1; 1995, c. 379, s. 3.)