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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 2 - Registration. › § 47-36.1 - Notice of errors in recorded instruments of title.

§ 47-36.1. Notice of errors in recorded instruments of title.
(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 47-14 and G.S. 47-17, notice of a nonmaterial typographical or other minor error in a deed or other instrument recorded with the register of deeds may be given by recording a corrective notice affidavit. For purposes of this section, an error that would affect the respective rights of any party to the instrument is not a nonmaterial typographical or minor error. If a corrective notice affidavit is conspicuously identified as a corrective notice or scrivener's affidavit in its title, the register of deeds shall index the name of the affiant, the names of the original parties in the instrument, the recording information of the instrument for which the corrective notice is being given, and the original parties as they are named in the affidavit. A copy of the previously recorded instrument to which the corrective notice affidavit applies may be attached to the corrective notice affidavit and need not be a certified copy. To the extent the correction is inconsistent with the originally recorded instrument, and only to that extent, notice of the corrective information as provided by the affiant in the corrective notice affidavit is deemed to have been given as of the time the corrective notice affidavit is registered. Nothing in this section invalidates or otherwise alters the legal effect of any instrument of correction authorized by statute in effect on the date the instrument was registered.
(b) Nothing in this section requires that an affidavit be attached to an original or certified copy of a previously recorded instrument that is unchanged but rerecorded. Nothing in this section requires that an affidavit be attached to a previously recorded instrument with a copy of a previously recorded instrument that includes identified corrections or an original execution by a party or parties of the corrected instrument after the original recording, with proof or acknowledgment of their execution of the correction of the instrument.
(c) If the corrective affidavit is solely made by a notary public in order to correct a notarial certificate made by that notary public that was attached to an instrument already recorded with the register of deeds, the notary public shall complete the corrective affidavit identifying the correction and may attach a new acknowledgment completed as of the date the original acknowledgment took place, which shall be deemed attached to the original recording, and the instrument's priority shall remain the date and time originally recorded. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to corrective affidavits filed prior to, on, or after April 1, 2013. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 842, s. 1; 1987, c. 360, s. 1; 2008-194, s. 7(c); 2013-204, s. 1.16; 2017-110, s. 1; 2021-91, s. 12.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-37.1 - Other forms of proof.

§ 47-37.1. Other forms of proof.
(a) The proof and acknowledgment forms set forth in this Article are not exclusive. Without regard to whether an instrument presented for registration was signed by an individual acting in his or her own right or by an individual acting in a representative or fiduciary capacity, a notarial certificate that complies with the provisions of Part 6 of Article 1 or Part 5 of Article 2 of Chapter 10B of the General Statutes is deemed a sufficient form of probate or acknowledgment for purposes of this Chapter. Use of a notarial certificate that satisfies the requirements of Part 6 of Article 1 or Part 5 of Article 2 of Chapter 10B of the General Statutes is not a ground for a register of deeds to refuse to accept a record for registration.
(b) When an instrument presented for registration purports to be signed by an individual in a representative or fiduciary capacity, the acknowledgment or proof of that individual's signature may do any of the following:
(1) State that the individual signed the instrument in a representative or fiduciary capacity.
(2) State that the individual who signed the instrument in a representative or fiduciary capacity had authority to do so.
(3) Identify the represented person or the fiduciary capacity.
(c) This section relates only to the form of proof or acknowledgment. The capacity and authority of the individual who signs an instrument presented for registration are governed by other provisions of law.
(d) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-91, s. 7, effective October 1, 2021. (2005-391, s. 9; 2006-59, s. 27; 2021-91, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-38 - Acknowledgment by grantor.

§ 47-38. Acknowledgment by grantor.
When properly completed, a certificate in substantially the following form may be used and shall be sufficient under the law of this State to satisfy the requirements for a notarial certificate for one or more individuals, acting in his, her, or their own right or, whether or not so stated in the notarial certificate, in a representative or fiduciary capacity, including one or more individuals acting on behalf of an unincorporated association, as an officer or director of a corporation, as a partner of a general or limited partnership, as a manager or member of a limited liability company, as the trustee of a trust, as the personal representative of a decedent's estate, as an agent or attorney in fact for another, as the guardian of a minor or an incompetent, or as a public official. The authorization of the form in this section does not preclude the use of other forms. This section applies to notarial certificates made before, on, and after December 1, 2005.
North Carolina, ______________ County.
I (here give the name of the official and his official title), do hereby certify that (here give the name of the individual whose acknowledgment is being taken) personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument. Witness my hand and (where an official seal is required by law) official seal this the ____________ day of _____ (year).
(Official seal.)
(Signature of officer.)
(Title)
(Rev., s. 1002; C.S., s. 3323; 1945, c. 73, s. 13; 1977, c. 375, s. 12; 2006-59, s. 28.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-40 - Husband's acknowledgment and wife's acknowledgment before the same officer.

§ 47-40. Husband's acknowledgment and wife's acknowledgment before the same officer.
Where the instrument is acknowledged by both husband and wife or by other grantor before the same officer the form of acknowledgment shall be in substance as follows:
I (here give name of official and his official title), do hereby certify that (here give names of the grantors whose acknowledgment is being taken) personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing (or annexed) instrument.
(1899, c. 235, s. 8; 1901, c. 299; Rev., s. 1004; C.S., s. 3325; 1945, c. 73, s. 15.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-41.1 - Corporate seal.

§ 47-41.1. Corporate seal.
All documents, including but not limited to deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages, required or permitted by law to be executed by corporations, shall be legally valid and binding when a legible corporate stamp which is a facsimile of its seal is used in lieu of an imprinted or embossed corporate seal. (1971, c. 340, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-41.2 - Technical defects.

§ 47-41.2. Technical defects.
(a) Technical defects, including technical defects under G.S. 10B-68, and errors or omissions in a form of probate or other notarial certificate, shall not affect the sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the form of probate or the notarial certificate or the related instrument or document. A register of deeds may not refuse to accept an instrument or document for registration because of technical defects, errors, or omissions in a form of probate or other notarial certificate.
(b) This section does not apply to the requirements for registration contained in G.S. 47-14(a) and a register of deeds shall not accept for registration an instrument that does not comply with the requirements of G.S. 47-14(a). (2006-59, s. 31; 2006-199, s. 3; 2013-204, s. 1.17.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-42 - Attestation of bank conveyances by secretary or cashier.

§ 47-42. Attestation of bank conveyances by secretary or cashier.
(a) Repealed by Session Laws 2002-26, s. 1.
(b) All deeds and conveyances executed prior to February 14, 1939, by banking corporations, where the cashier of said banking corporation has attested said instruments, which deeds and conveyances are otherwise regular, are hereby validated.
(c) All deeds and conveyances executed by a banking corporation on or after October 1, 1999, that complied with G.S. 47-18.3 are hereby validated. (1939, c. 20, s. 21/2; 1957, c. 783, s. 4; 2002-26, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-43 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.

§ 47-43. Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.
When an instrument purports to be signed by parties acting through another by virtue of the execution of a power of attorney, the following form of certificate is sufficient, but does not exclude other forms:
North Carolina, ______ County.
I (here give name of the official and the official's title), do hereby certify that (here give name of agent) (the "Agent"), agent for (here give names of parties who executed the instrument through the Agent) (the "Principal"), personally appeared before me this day, and being by me duly sworn, says that the Agent executed the foregoing and annexed instrument for and on behalf of the Principal, and that the Agent's authority to execute and acknowledge the instrument is contained in an instrument duly executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the office of (here insert name of official in whose office power of attorney is recorded, and the county and state of recordation), on the (day of month, month, and year of recordation), and that this instrument was executed under and by virtue of the authority given by the instrument granting the Agent power of attorney; that the Agent acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing and annexed instrument for the purposes therein expressed for and in behalf of the Principal.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this ____ day of ______, (year) ____.
(Official seal.)
________________________
Signature of Officer
(1941, c. 238; 2018-142, s. 34.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-43.1 - Execution and acknowledgment of instruments by attorneys or attorneys-in-fact.

§ 47-43.1. Execution and acknowledgment of instruments by attorneys or attorneys-in-fact.
When an instrument purports to be executed by parties acting through another by virtue of a power of attorney, it shall be sufficient if the attorney or agent signs such instrument either in the name of the principal by the attorney or agent or signs as attorney or agent for the principal; and if such instrument purports to be under seal, the seal of the agent shall be sufficient. (1949, c. 66, s. 1; 2017-153, s. 2.3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-43.2 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by subscribing witness.

§ 47-43.2. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by subscribing witness.
When the execution of an instrument is proved by a subscribing witness as provided by G.S. 47-12, the certificate required by G.S. 47-13.1 shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF______________________________________
(Name of state)
_______________________________________COUNTY
I, ______________________________, a ___________________________________
(Name of officer taking proof) (Official title of officer taking proof)
of _______________________COUNTY, ___________________________, certify that
(Name of state)
_______________________________________ personally appeared before me this day,
(Name of subscribing witness)
and being duly sworn, stated that in his presence ________________________________
(Name of maker)
(signed the foregoing instrument) (acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument.) (Strike out the words not applicable.)
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this the __________ day of________________,
(Month)
________
(Year)
(Signature of officer taking proof)
(Official title of officer taking proof)
My commission expires
(Date of expiration of officer's commission)
Provided, however, that when instruments have been recorded upon proof of execution of the instrument by certificate of a judicial officer, showing that execution was proven by oath and examination of the subscribing witness, the date of such examination, and the signature of the officer taking the proof, such proof of execution shall be deemed sufficient on all instruments filed for registration prior to March 15, 1961. (1951, c. 379, s. 3; 1953, c. 1078, s. 3; 1955, c. 1345, s. 6; 1961, c. 237; 1999-456, s. 59.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-43.3 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of maker.

§ 47-43.3. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of maker.
When the execution of an instrument is proved by proof of the signature of the maker as provided by G.S. 47-12.1 or as provided by G.S. 47-13, the certificate required by G.S. 47-13.1 shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF______________________________________________
(Name of state)
_________________________________________ COUNTY
I, _______________________________, a __________________________________
(Name of officer taking proof) (Official title of officer taking proof)
of___________________ COUNTY, _______________________________, certify that
(Name of state)
_______________________________________ personally appeared before me this day,
(Name of person familiar with
maker's handwriting)
and being duly sworn, stated that he knows the handwriting of______________________
(Name of maker)
and that the signature to the foregoing instrument is the signature of _________________
(Name of maker)
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this the ____ day of _________________, ____
(Month) (Year)
(Signature of officer taking proof)
(Official title of officer taking proof)
My commission expires
(Date of expiration of officer's commission)
(1951, c. 379, s. 3; 1999-456, s. 59.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-43.4 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of subscribing witness.

§ 47-43.4. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of subscribing witness.
When the execution of an instrument is proved by proof of the signature of a subscribing witness as provided by G.S. 47-12.1, the certificate required by G.S. 47-13.1 shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF________________________________________
(Name of state)
_________________________________________ COUNTY
I, ____________________________, a ______________________________________
(Name of officer taking proof) (Official title of officer taking proof)
of ___________________ COUNTY, _______________________________, certify that
(Name of state)
____________________________________ personally appeared before me this day, and
(Name of person familiar with
handwriting of subscribing witness)
being duly sworn, stated that he knows the handwriting of ________________________,
(Name of subscribing witness)
and that the signature of __________________________ as a subscribing witness to the
(Name of subscribing witness)
foregoing instrument is the signature of _______________________________________
(Name of subscribing witness)
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this the ____ day of ______________, ________
(Month) (Year)
(Signature of officer taking proof)
(Official title of officer taking proof)
My commission expires _________________________________________________
(Date of expiration of officer's commission)
(1951, c. 379, s. 3; 1999-456, s. 59.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-44 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by justice of peace or magistrate.

§ 47-44. Clerk's certificate upon probate by justice of peace or magistrate.
When the proof or acknowledgment of any instrument is had before a justice of the peace of some other state or territory of the United States, or before a magistrate of this State, but of a county different from that in which the instrument is offered for registration, the form of certificate as to his official position and signature shall be substantially as follows:
North Carolina _____________ County.
I, A.B. (here give name and official title of a clerk of a court of record), do hereby certify that C.D. (here give the name of the justice of the peace or magistrate taking the proof, etc.), was at the time of signing the foregoing (or annexed) certificate an acting justice of the peace or magistrate in and for the county of ________ and State (or territory) of_______________,
and that his signature thereto is in his own proper handwriting.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal, this_____ day of______________, A.D. ______
(Official seal.)
(Signature of officer.)
(1899, c. 235, s. 8; Rev., s. 1006; C.S., s. 3327; 1971, c. 1185, s. 15.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-45 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by nonresident official without seal.

§ 47-45. Clerk's certificate upon probate by nonresident official without seal.
When the proof or acknowledgment of any instrument is had before any official of some other state, territory or country and such official has no official seal, then the certificate of such official shall be accompanied by the certificate of a clerk of a court of record of the state, territory or country in which the official taking the proof or acknowledgment resides, of the official position and signature of such official; such certificate of the clerk shall be under his hand and official seal and shall be in substance as follows:
____________County.
I, A.B. (here give name and official title of the clerk of a court of record as provided herein), do hereby certify that C.D. (here give name of the official taking the proof, etc.) was at the time of signing the foregoing (or annexed) certificate (here give the official title of the officer taking proof, etc.) in and for the county of ______ and state of ________ (or other political division of the state, territory or country, as the case may be), and that his signature thereto is in his own proper handwriting.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal, this ______________day of______________, A.D.______
(Official seal.)
(Signature of Clerk.)
(1899, c. 235, s. 8; Rev., s. 1007; C.S., s. 3328.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-46.1 - Notice of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.

§ 47-46.1. Notice of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
No particular phrasing is required for a notice of satisfaction pursuant to G.S. 45-37(a)(5) as it was prior to October 1, 2005, a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10, or a trustee's satisfaction under G.S. 45-36.20. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements (i) for a notice of satisfaction under G.S. 45-37(a)(5) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, (ii) for a satisfaction under G.S. 45-36.10 if the form is signed and acknowledged by the secured creditor, and (iii) for a trustee's satisfaction under G.S. 45-36.20 if the security instrument is a deed of trust and the form is signed and acknowledged by the trustee:
North Carolina, ____________ County.
I, ____________ (name of trustee or mortgagee), certify that the debt or other obligation in the amount of ________ secured by the (deed of trust)(mortgage)(other instrument) executed by ____________ (grantor)(mortgagor), ____________ (trustee)(leave blank if mortgage), and ____________ (beneficiary)(mortgagee), and recorded in ____________ County at ________ (book and page) was satisfied on ____________ (date of satisfaction).
(Signature of trustee or mortgagee)
(Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments)
My commission expires ____________ (Date of expiration of official's commission).
(1987, c. 405, s. 2; c. 662, s. 4; 1989, c. 434, s. 2; 2005-123, s. 5; 2006-264, s. 82(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-46.2 - Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.

§ 47-46.2. Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
No particular phrasing is required for a certification of satisfaction pursuant to G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, or for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements (i) for a certificate of satisfaction under G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, and (ii) for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10 when signed and acknowledged by the secured creditor:
CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION
North Carolina, ____________ County.
I, ____________ (name of owner of the note or other indebtedness secured by the deed of trust or mortgage), certify that I am the owner of the indebtedness secured by the hereafter described deed of trust or mortgage and that the debt or other obligation in the amount of __________ secured by the (deed of trust)(mortgage)(other instrument) executed by ____________ (grantor)(mortgagor),
____________ (trustee)(leave blank if mortgage), and ______________ (beneficiary)(mortgagee), and recorded in __________ County at ______ (book and page) was satisfied on ____________ (date of satisfaction). I request that this certificate of satisfaction be recorded and the above-referenced security instrument be canceled of record.
(Signature of owner of note)
[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]. (1995, c. 292, s. 3; 2005-123, s. 5; 2006-226, s. 27(a); 2006-264, s. 82(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration. › § 47-46.3 - Affidavit of lost note.

§ 47-46.3. Affidavit of lost note.
No particular phrasing is required for an affidavit of lost note pursuant to G.S. 45-36(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements for an affidavit of lost note under G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005.
AFFIDAVIT OF LOST NOTE
[Name of affiant] personally appeared before me in ____________ County, State of
____________, and having been duly sworn (or affirmed) made the following affidavit:
1. The affiant is the owner of the note or other indebtedness secured by the deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument executed by __________ (grantor, mortgagor), __________ (trustee), and ____________ (beneficiary, mortgagee), and recorded in __________ County at __________ (book and page); and
2. The note or other indebtedness has been lost and after the exercise of due diligence cannot be located.
3. The affiant certifies that all indebtedness secured by the deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument was satisfied on __________, __________ (date of satisfaction), and the affiant is responsible for cancellation of the same.
____________________
(Signature of affiant)
Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this ____ day of ___________,_____.
[Signature and seal of notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths]. (1995, c. 292, s. 4; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 604, s. 2; c. 742, s. 19; 1999-456, s. 59; 2005-123, s. 6.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-47 - Defective order of registration; "same" for "this instrument".

§ 47-47. Defective order of registration; "same" for "this instrument".
Where instruments were admitted to registration prior to March 2, 1905, and the clerk's order for the registration used the word "same" in place of "this instrument," the said registrations are good and valid. (1905, c. 344; Rev., s. 1010; C.S., s. 3329.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-48 - Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates.

§ 47-48. Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates.
When it appears that the clerk of the superior court, register of deeds, or other officer having the power to probate or certify deeds, in passing upon deeds or other instruments, and related certificates, consisting of more than one certificate of the same or a different date by other officer or officers taking acknowledgment or probating the certificates, has in his or her certificate or order mentioned only one or more of the preceding or foregoing certificates or orders, but not all of them, but has admitted the same deed or other instrument to probate or recordation, it is conclusively presumed that all the certificates of the deed or instrument necessary for probate or recordation have been passed upon, and the certificate of the clerk, register of deeds, or other probating or certifying officer is deemed sufficient and the probate, certification, and recordation of the deed or instrument is valid for all intents and purposes. This section applies to all instruments recorded in any county of this State prior to April 1, 2021. (1917, c. 237; C.S., s. 3330; 1945, c. 808, s. 1; 1965, c. 1001; 1971, c. 11; 1973, c. 1402; 1987, c. 360, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.18; 2021-91, s. 4(d).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-49 - Defective certification or adjudication of clerk, etc., admitting to registration.

§ 47-49. Defective certification or adjudication of clerk, etc., admitting to registration.
In all cases where, prior to January 1, 1919, instruments by law required or authorized to be registered, with certificates showing the acknowledgment or proof of execution thereof as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, have been ordered registered by the clerk of the superior court or other officer qualified to pass upon probates and admit instruments to registration, and actually put upon the books in the office of the register of deeds as if properly proven and ordered to be registered, all such probates and registrations are hereby validated and made as good and sufficient as though such instruments had been in all respects properly proved and recorded, notwithstanding the failure of clerks or other officers qualified to pass upon the proofs or acknowledgments of instruments and to admit such instruments to registration to adjudge or certify that said instruments were duly proven, and notwithstanding the failure of such officers to adjudge or certify that the certificates of proof or acknowledgments of said instruments were correct or in due form. (1919, c. 248; C.S., s. 3331.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-50 - Order of registration omitted.

§ 47-50. Order of registration omitted.
In all cases prior to October 1, 2005, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, and the clerk of the superior court of such county or other officer authorized to pass upon acknowledgments and to order registration of instruments has failed either to adjudge the correctness of the acknowledgment or to order the registration thereof, or both, such registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of such county shall be effective to the same extent as if the clerk or other authorized officer had properly adjudged the correctness of the acknowledgment and had ordered the registration of the instrument. (1911, cc. 91, 166; 1913, c. 61; Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 73; 1915, c. 179, s. 1; C.S., s. 3332; 1941, cc. 187, 229; 1949, c. 493; 1957, c. 314; 1961, c. 79; 1981, c. 812; 1993, c. 80, s. 1; 2013-204, s. 1.19.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-50.1 - Register's certificate omitted.

§ 47-50.1. Register's certificate omitted.
In all cases prior to October 1, 2005, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of this State, and the register of deeds has failed to certify the correctness of the acknowledgment as required by G.S. 47-14(a), the registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of that county is effective to the same extent as if the register of deeds had properly certified the correctness of the acknowledgment. (2004-199, s. 17; 2013-204, s. 1.20.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-51 - Official deeds omitting seals.

§ 47-51. Official deeds omitting seals.
All deeds executed prior to April 1, 2021, by any sheriff, commissioner, receiver, executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, or other officer authorized to execute a deed by virtue of office or appointment, in which the officer has omitted to affix a seal after the officer's signature, are not invalid on account of the omission of the seal. (1907, c. 807; 1917, c. 69, s. 1; C.S., s. 3333; Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 64; 1941, c. 13; 1955, c. 467, ss. 1, 2; 1959, c. 408; 1971, c. 14; 1973, c. 1207, s. 1; 1983, c. 398, s. 2; 1985, c. 70, s. 2; 1987, c. 277, s. 2; 1989, c. 390, s. 2; 1991, c. 489, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.21; 2021-91, s. 4(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-52 - Defective acknowledgment on old deeds validated.

§ 47-52. Defective acknowledgment on old deeds validated.
The clerk of the superior court may order registered any deed, or other conveyance of land, in all cases where the instrument and probate bears date prior to January 1, 1907, where the acknowledgment, private examination, or other proof of execution, has been taken or had before a notary public residing in the county where the land is situate, where said officer failed to affix his official seal, and where the certificate of said officer appears otherwise to be genuine. (1933, c. 439.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-53 - Probates omitting official seals, etc.

§ 47-53. Probates omitting official seals, etc.
If the acknowledgment, private examination, or other proof of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument authorized or required to be registered has been taken by or before any commissioner of affidavits and deeds of this State, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of record, or notary public of this or any other state, territory, or district, and the deed, mortgage, or other instrument has been recorded in any county in this State, but the commissioner, clerk, deputy clerk, or notary public omitted to attach his or her official or notarial seal to it, or if omitted, to insert his or her name in the body of the certificate, or if omitted, to sign his or her name to the certificate, if the name of the officer appears in the body of the certificate or is signed to it, or it does not appear of record that the seal was attached to the original deed, mortgage, or other instrument, or the commissioner, clerk, deputy clerk, or notary public has certified the certificate as under his or her "official seal," or "notarial seal," or words of similar import, and no such seal appears of record or where the officer uses "notarial" in his or her certificate and signature shows that "C.S.C.," or "clerk of superior court," or similar exchange of capacity, and the word "seal" follows the signature, then all such acknowledgments, private examinations or other proofs of such deeds, mortgages, or other instruments, and their registration are in all respects valid and binding. This section applies to acknowledgments, private examinations, or proofs taken prior to April 1, 2021. This section does not apply to pending litigation. (Rev., s. 1012; 1907, cc. 213, 665, 971; 1911, c. 4; 1915, c. 36; C.S., s. 3334; 1929, c. 8, s. 1; 1945, c. 808, s. 2; 1951, c. 1151, s. 1; 1965, c. 500; 1983, c. 398, s. 3; 1985, c. 70, s. 3; 1987, c. 277, s. 3; 1989, c. 390, s. 3; 1991, c. 489, s. 3; 2013-204, s. 1.22; 2021-91, s. 4(f).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-53.1 - Acknowledgment omitting seal of clerk or notary public.

§ 47-53.1. Acknowledgment omitting seal of clerk or notary public.
If any person has taken an acknowledgment as either a notary public or a clerk of a superior court, deputy clerk of a superior court, or assistant clerk of a superior court and has failed to affix his or her seal and this acknowledgment has been otherwise duly probated and recorded, then this acknowledgment is sufficient and valid. This section applies only to those deeds and other instruments acknowledged prior to April 1, 2021. (1951, c. 1151, s. 1A; 1953, c. 1307; 1963, c. 412; 1975, c. 878; 1983, c. 398, s. 4; 1985, c. 70, s. 4; 1987, c. 277, s. 4; 1989, c. 390, s. 4; 1991, c. 489, s. 4; 2004-199, s. 18; 2013-204, s. 1.23; 2021-91, s. 4(g).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-54 - Registration by register's deputies or clerks.

§ 47-54. Registration by register's deputies or clerks.
All registrations of instruments heretofore made in the office of register of deeds of the several counties by the register's deputy or clerk, and signed in the name of the register of deeds by the deputy or clerk, or signed by the deputy in his own name and not in the name of the register of deeds, when such registrations are in all other respects regular, are hereby validated and declared to be of the same force and effect as if signed in the name of the register of deeds by such register. (1911, c. 184, s. 1; C.S., s. 3335; 1953, c. 849; 1963, c. 203.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-54.1 - Registration by register's assistants or deputies.

§ 47-54.1. Registration by register's assistants or deputies.
All registrations of instruments heretofore made in the office of register of deeds of the several counties by the register's assistant or deputy, and signed in the name of the register of deeds by the assistant or deputy, and initialed by the assistant or deputy, instead of being signed by them as assistant or deputy, when such registrations are in all other respects regular, are hereby validated and declared to be of the same force and effect as if signed by the assistant or deputy in the respective capacity. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 877, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-55 - Before officer in wrong capacity or out of jurisdiction.

§ 47-55. Before officer in wrong capacity or out of jurisdiction.
All deeds, conveyances, or other instruments permitted by law to be registered in this State, which have been probated or ordered to be registered previous to January 1, 1913, before any officer of this or any other state or country, authorized by law to take acknowledgments or to order registration, where the certificate of the probate or order of registration is sufficient in form, but appears to have been certified by the officer in some capacity other than that in which such officer was authorized to act, or appears to have been made out of the county or district authorized by law, but within the State, and where the instrument with such certificate has been recorded in the proper county, are hereby declared to have been duly proved, probated and recorded, and to be valid. (Rev., ss. 1017, 1030; 1913, c. 125, s. 1; C.S., s. 3336.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-56 - Before justices of peace, where clerk's certificate or order of registration defective.

§ 47-56. Before justices of peace, where clerk's certificate or order of registration defective.
In every case where it appears from the record of the office of any register of deeds in this State that a justice of the peace in this State or any other state of the United States, has taken and certified the proof of any instrument required by the law to be registered, or the privy examination of a married woman thereto, and the deed and certificate have been registered prior to the first day of January, 1963, in the county where the lands described in the instrument are located, without a certificate or with a defective certificate of the clerk of the official character of the justice, or as to the genuineness of his signature, or without the order of registration of the clerk, or his adjudication of due probate, or with a defective adjudication thereof, such proofs, certificates and registration are hereby validated. (1907, c. 83, s. 1; C.S., s. 3337; 1951, c. 35; 1963, c. 1014.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-57 - Probates on proof of handwriting of maker refusing to acknowledge.

§ 47-57. Probates on proof of handwriting of maker refusing to acknowledge.
All registrations of instruments, prior to February 5, 1897, permitted or required by law to be registered, which were ordered to registration upon proof of the handwriting of the grantor or maker who refused to acknowledge the execution, are hereby validated. (1897, c. 28; Rev., s. 1026; C.S., s. 3338.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-58 - Before judges of Supreme Court or superior courts or clerks before 1889.

§ 47-58. Before judges of Supreme Court or superior courts or clerks before 1889.
Wherever the judges of the Supreme Court or the superior court, or the clerks or deputy clerks of the superior court, or courts of pleas and quarter sessions, mistaking their powers, have essayed previously to the first day of January, 1889, to take the probate of any instrument required or allowed by law to be registered, and the privy examination of femes covert, whose names are signed to such deeds, and have ordered said deeds to registration, and the same have been registered, all such probates, privy examinations and registrations are validated. (1871-2, c. 200, s. 1; Code, s. 1260; 1889, c. 252; 1891, c. 484; Rev., s. 1009; C.S., s. 3339.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-59 - Before clerks of inferior courts.

§ 47-59. Before clerks of inferior courts.
All probates and orders of registration made by and taken before any clerk of any inferior or criminal court prior to the twentieth day of February, 1885, and valid in form and substance, shall be valid and effectual, and all deeds, mortgages or other instruments requiring registration, registered upon such probate and order of registration, shall be valid. This section shall apply only to the counties of Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Iredell, Lenoir, Martin, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Northampton, Robeson and Wayne. This section applies to probates and private examinations taken before the clerks of the criminal court of Buncombe prior to February second, 1893. (1885, cc. 105, 108; 1889, cc. 143, 463; Rev., ss. 1020, 1021; C.S., s. 3340.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-60 - Order of registration by judge, where clerk party.

§ 47-60. Order of registration by judge, where clerk party.
All deeds, mortgages or other instruments which prior to the twentieth day of January, 1893, have been probated by a justice of the peace and ordered to registration by a judge of the superior court or justice of the Supreme Court, to which clerks of the superior court are parties, are hereby confirmed, and the probates and orders for registration declared to be valid. (1893, c. 3, s. 2; Rev., s. 1011; C.S., s. 3342.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-61 - Order of registration by interested clerk.

§ 47-61. Order of registration by interested clerk.
The probate and registration of all deeds, mortgages and other instruments requiring registration prior to the fifteenth day of January, 1935, to which the clerks of the superior courts are parties, or in which they have an interest, and which have been registered on the order of such clerks or their deputies, or by assistant clerks of the superior courts, on proof of acknowledgment taken before such clerks, assistant clerks, deputy clerks, justices of the peace or notaries public, be, and the same are declared valid. (1891, c. 102; 1899, c. 258; 1905, c. 427; Rev., s. 1015; 1907, c. 1003, s. 2; Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 105, s. 1; C.S., s. 3343; 1935, c. 235.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-62 - Probates before interested notaries.

§ 47-62. Probates before interested notaries.
The proof and acknowledgment of instruments required by law to be registered in the office of the register of deeds of a county, and all privy examinations of a feme covert to such instruments made before any notary public on or since March 11, 1907, are hereby declared valid and sufficient, notwithstanding the notary may have been interested as attorney, counsel or otherwise in such instruments. (Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 105, s. 2; C.S., s. 3344.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-63 - Probates before officer of interested corporation.

§ 47-63. Probates before officer of interested corporation.
In all cases when acknowledgment or proof of any conveyance has been taken before a clerk of superior court, magistrate or notary public, who was at the time a stockholder or officer in any corporation, bank or other institution which was a party to such instrument, the certificates of such clerk, magistrate, or notary public shall be held valid, and are so declared. (Rev., s. 1015; 1907, c. 1003, s. 1; C.S., s. 3345; 1971, c. 1185, s. 16.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-64 - Probates before officers, stockholders or directors of corporations.

§ 47-64. Probates before officers, stockholders or directors of corporations.
No acknowledgment or proof of execution, including privy examination of married women, of any deed, mortgage or deed of trust to which instrument a corporation is a party shall be held invalid by reason of the fact that the officer taking such acknowledgment, proof or privy examination was an officer, stockholder, or director in said corporation; but such proofs and acknowledgments and the registration thereof, if in all other respects valid, are declared to be valid. Nor shall the registration of any such instrument ordered to be registered be held invalid by reason of the fact that the clerk or deputy clerk ordering the registration was an officer, stockholder or director in any corporation which is a party to any such instrument. (Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 41; C.S., s. 3346; 1929, c. 24, s. 1; 1943, c. 135; 1945, c. 860; 2013-204, s. 1.24.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-65 - Clerk's deeds, where clerk appointed himself to sell.

§ 47-65. Clerk's deeds, where clerk appointed himself to sell.
All deeds made by any clerk of the superior court of any county or his deputy, prior to the first day of January, 1905, in any proceeding before him in which he has appointed himself or his deputy to make the sale of real property or other property are hereby validated. (1911, c. 146, s. 1; C.S., s. 3347.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-66 - Certificate of wife's "previous" examination.

§ 47-66. Certificate of wife's "previous" examination.
All probates of deeds, letters of attorney or other instruments requiring registration to which married women were parties, had and taken prior to the fourteenth day of February, 1893, in which probate it appears that such married women were "previously examined" instead of "privately examined," are hereby validated and confirmed. (1893, c. 130; Rev., s. 1016; C.S., s. 3348.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration › Article 4 - Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration. › § 47-67 - Probates of husband and wife in wrong order.

§ 47-67. Probates of husband and wife in wrong order.
All probates prior to March 6, 1893, of instruments executed by a husband and wife in which the probate as to the husband has been taken before or subsequent to the privy examination of his wife are validated. (1893, c. 293; Rev., s. 1017; C.S., s. 3349.)