North Carolina Code — 047
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- § 47-1. Officials of State authorized to take probate.
- § 47-2. Officials of the United States, foreign countries, and sister states.
- § 47-2. 1. Validation of instruments proved before officers of certain ranks.
- § 47-2. 2. Notary public of sister state; lack of seal or stamp or expiration date of commission.
- § 47-5. When seal of officer necessary to probate.
- § 47-6. Officials may act although land or maker's residence elsewhere.
- § 47-8. 1. Certain documents verified by attorneys validated.
- § 47-9. Probates before stockholders in building and loan associations.
- § 47-10. Probate before stockholders or directors in banking corporations.
- § 47-11. Subpoenas to maker and subscribing witnesses.
- § 47-12. Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.
- § 47-12. 1. Proof of attested instrument by proof of handwriting.
- § 47-12. 2. Subscribing witness incompetent when grantee or beneficiary.
- § 47-13. Proof of unattested writing.
- § 47-13. 1. Certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.
- § 47-14. Register of deeds to verify the presence of proof or acknowledgement and register instruments and electronic documents; order by judge; instruments to which register of deeds is a party.
- § 47-14. 1. Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.
- § 47-16. Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist.
- § 47-16. 1. Short title.
- § 47-16. 2. Definitions.
- § 47-16. 3. Validity of electronic documents.
- § 47-16. 4. Recording of documents.
- § 47-16. 5. Administration and standards.
- § 47-16. 6. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 47-16. 7. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 47-17. Probate and registration sufficient without livery of seizin, etc.
- § 47-17. 1. Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.
- § 47-17. 2. Assignments of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other agreements pledging real property as security.
- § 47-18. Conveyances, contracts to convey, options, and leases of land.
- § 47-18. 1. Registration of certificate of corporate merger, consolidation, or conversion.
- § 47-18. 2. Registration of Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver.
- § 47-18. 3. Execution of corporate instruments; authority and proof.
- § 47-19. Unregistered deeds prior to January, 1920, registered on affidavit.
- § 47-20. Deeds of trust, mortgages, conditional sales contracts, assignments of leases and rents; effect of registration.
- § 47-20. 1. Place of registration; real property.
- § 47-20. 2. Place of registration; personal property.
- § 47-20. 3. Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property.
- § 47-20. 4. Place of registration; chattel real.
- § 47-20. 5. Real property; effectiveness of after-acquired property clause.
- § 47-20. 6. Affidavit for permanent attachment of titled manufactured home to real property.
- § 47-20. 7. Declaration of intent to affix manufactured home; transfer of real property with manufactured home attached.
- § 47-21. Blank or master forms of mortgages, etc.; embodiment by reference in instruments later filed.
- § 47-22. Counties may provide for photographic or photostatic registration.
- § 47-24. Conditional sales or leases of railroad property.
- § 47-25. Marriage settlements.
- § 47-26. Deeds of gift.
- § 47-27. Deeds of easements.
- § 47-28. Powers of attorney.
- § 47-29. Recording of bankruptcy records.
- § 47-29. 1. Recordation of environmental notices.
- § 47-30. Plats and subdivisions; mapping requirements.
- § 47-30. 1. Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.
- § 47-30. 2. Review Officer.
- § 47-31. Certified copies may be registered; used as evidence.
- § 47-32. Photographic copies of plats, etc.
- § 47-32. 1. Photostatic copies of plats, etc.; alternative provisions.
- § 47-32. 2. Violation of G.S. 47-30 or G.S. 47-32 a misdemeanor.
- § 47-33. Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian may be registered.
- § 47-34. Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian admissible in evidence.
- § 47-35. Register to fill in deeds on blank forms with lines.
- § 47-36. Errors in registration corrected on petition to clerk.
- § 47-36. 1. Notice of errors in recorded instruments of title.
- § 47-36. 2. Cure of obvious description errors in recorded instruments.
- § 47-37. 1. Other forms of proof.
- § 47-38. Acknowledgment by grantor.
- § 47-40. Husband's acknowledgment and wife's acknowledgment before the same officer.
- § 47-41. 01. Corporate conveyances.
- § 47-41. 02. Other forms of probate for corporate conveyances.
- § 47-41. 1. Corporate seal.
- § 47-41. 2. Technical defects.
- § 47-42. Attestation of bank conveyances by secretary or cashier.
- § 47-43. Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.
- § 47-43. 1. Execution and acknowledgment of instruments by attorneys or attorneys-in-fact.
- § 47-43. 2. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by subscribing witness.
- § 47-43. 3. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of maker.
- § 47-43. 4. Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of subscribing witness.
- § 47-44. Clerk's certificate upon probate by justice of peace or magistrate.
- § 47-45. Clerk's certificate upon probate by nonresident official without seal.
- § 47-46. 1. Notice of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
- § 47-46. 2. Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
- § 47-46. 3. Affidavit of lost note.
- § 47-47. Defective order of registration; "same" for "this instrument".
- § 47-48. Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates.
- § 47-49. Defective certification or adjudication of clerk, etc., admitting to registration.
- § 47-50. Order of registration omitted.
- § 47-50. 1. Register's certificate omitted.
- § 47-51. Official deeds omitting seals.
- § 47-52. Defective acknowledgment on old deeds validated.
- § 47-53. Probates omitting official seals, etc.
- § 47-53. 1. Acknowledgment omitting seal of clerk or notary public.
- § 47-54. Registration by register's deputies or clerks.
- § 47-54. 1. Registration by register's assistants or deputies.
- § 47-55. Before officer in wrong capacity or out of jurisdiction.
- § 47-56. Before justices of peace, where clerk's certificate or order of registration defective.
- § 47-57. Probates on proof of handwriting of maker refusing to acknowledge.
- § 47-58. Before judges of Supreme Court or superior courts or clerks before 1889.
- § 47-59. Before clerks of inferior courts.
- § 47-60. Order of registration by judge, where clerk party.
- § 47-61. Order of registration by interested clerk.
- § 47-62. Probates before interested notaries.
- § 47-63. Probates before officer of interested corporation.
- § 47-64. Probates before officers, stockholders or directors of corporations.
- § 47-65. Clerk's deeds, where clerk appointed himself to sell.
- § 47-66. Certificate of wife's "previous" examination.
- § 47-67. Probates of husband and wife in wrong order.
- § 47-68. Probates of husband and wife before different officers.
- § 47-69. Wife free trader; no examination or husband's assent.
- § 47-70. By president and attested by treasurer under corporate seal.
- § 47-71. By president and attested by witness before January, 1900.
- § 47-71. 1. Corporate seal omitted prior to January 1, 2000.
- § 47-72. Corporate name not affixed, but signed otherwise prior to April 1, 2021.
- § 47-73. Probated and registered on oath of subscribing witness.
- § 47-74. Certificate alleging examination of grantor instead of witness.
- § 47-75. Proof of corporate articles before officer authorized to probate.
- § 47-76. Before officials of wrong state.
- § 47-77. Before notaries and clerks in other states.
- § 47-78. Acknowledgment by resident taken out-of-state.
- § 47-79. Before deputy clerks of courts of other states.
- § 47-80. Sister state probates without Governor's authentication.
- § 47-81. Before commissioners of deeds.
- § 47-81. 1. Before commissioner of oaths.
- § 47-81. 2. Before United States Army, etc., officers, and other service members.
- § 47-82. Foreign probates omitting seals.
- § 47-83. Before consuls general.
- § 47-84. Before vice-consuls and vice-consuls general.
- § 47-85. Before masters in chancery.
- § 47-85. 1. Further as to acknowledgments, etc., before masters in chancery.
- § 47-86. Validation of probate of deeds by clerks of courts of record of other states, where official seal is omitted.
- § 47-87. Validation of probates by different officers of deeds by wife and husband.
- § 47-88. Registration without formal order validated.
- § 47-89. Same subject.
- § 47-90. Validation of acknowledgments taken by notaries public holding other office.
- § 47-91. Validation of certain probates of deeds before consular agents of the United States.
- § 47-92. Probates before stockholders and directors of banks.
- § 47-93. Acknowledgments taken by stockholder, officer, or director of bank.
- § 47-94. Acknowledgment and registration by officer or stockholder in building and loan or savings and loan association.
- § 47-95. Acknowledgments taken by notaries interested as trustee or holding other office.
- § 47-96. Validation of instruments registered without probate.
- § 47-97. Validation of corporate deed with mistake as to officer's name.
- § 47-97. 1. Validation of corporate deeds containing error in acknowledgment or probate.
- § 47-98. Registration on defective probates beyond State.
- § 47-99. Certificates of clerks without seal.
- § 47-100. Acknowledgments taken by officer who was grantor.
- § 47-101. Seal of acknowledging officer omitted; deeds made presumptive evidence.
- § 47-102. Absence of notarial seal.
- § 47-103. Deeds probated and registered with notary's seal not affixed, validated.
- § 47-104. Acknowledgments of notary holding another office.
- § 47-105. Acknowledgment and private examination of married woman taken by officer who was grantor.
- § 47-106. Certain instruments in which clerk of superior court was a party, validated.
- § 47-107. Validation of probate and registration of certain instruments where name of grantor omitted from record.
- § 47-108. Acknowledgments before notaries under age.
- § 47-108. 1. Certain corporate deeds, etc., declared validly admitted to record.
- § 47-108. 2. Acknowledgments and examinations before notaries holding some other office.
- § 47-108. 3. Validation of acts of certain notaries public prior to November 26, 1921.
- § 47-108. 4. Acknowledgments, etc., of instruments of married women made since February 7, 1945.
- § 47-108. 5. Validation of certain deeds executed in other states where seal omitted.
- § 47-108. 6. Validation of certain conveyances of foreign dissolved corporations.
- § 47-108. 7. Validation of acknowledgments, etc., by deputy clerks of superior court.
- § 47-108. 8. Acts of registers of deeds or deputies in recording plats and maps by certain methods validated.
- § 47-108. 9. Validation of probate of instruments pursuant to G.S. 47-12.
- § 47-108. 10. Validation of registration of plats upon probate in accordance with G.S. 47-30.
- § 47-108. 11. Validation of recorded instruments where seals have been omitted.
- § 47-108. 12. Validation of instruments acknowledged before United States commissioners.
- § 47-108. 13. Validation of certain instruments registered prior to January 1, 1934.
- § 47-108. 14. Conveyances by the United States acting by and through the General Services Administration.
- § 47-108. 15. Validation of registration of instruments filed before order of registration.
- § 47-108. 16. Validation of certain deeds executed by nonresident banks.
- § 47-108. 17. Validation of certain deeds where official capacity not designated.
- § 47-108. 18. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat validated.
- § 47-108. 18A. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial acknowledgment.
- § 47-108. 18B. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat.
- § 47-108. 19. Validation of certain maps and plats that cannot be copied.
- § 47-108. 20. Validation of certain recorded instruments that were not acknowledged.
- § 47-108. 21. Sales for 1930 on dates other than first Monday in June validated.
- § 47-108. 22. Tax sales for 1931-32 on day other than law provides and certificates validated.
- § 47-108. 23. Tax sales for 1933-34 and certificates validated.
- § 47-108. 24. Notices of sale for taxes by publication validated.
- § 47-108. 25. Validation of sales and resales held pursuant to G.S. 105-374.
- § 47-108. 26. Validation of reconveyances of tax foreclosed property by county boards of commissioners.
- § 47-108. 27. Title to real property affected by boundary certification; liens.
- § 47-108. 28. Seven-year curative statute.
- § 47-109. Book for record of discharges in office of register of deeds; specifications.
- § 47-110. Registration of official discharge or certificate of lost discharge.
- § 47-111. Inquiry by register of deeds; oath of applicant.
- § 47-112. Forgery or alteration of discharge or certificate; punishment.
- § 47-113. Certified copy of registration.
- § 47-113. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 2003-248, s. 1, effective January 1, 2004.
- § 47-113. 2. Restricting access to military discharge documents.
- § 47-114. Payment of expenses incurred.
- § 47-115. Execution in name of either principal or attorney-in-fact; indexing in names of both.
- § 47-115. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 626, s. 2.
- § 47-117. Forms do not preclude use of others; adaptation of forms.
- § 47-118. Forms of registration of lease.
- § 47-119. Form of memorandum for option to purchase real estate.
- § 47-119. 1. Form of memorandum for contract to purchase real estate.
- § 47-120. Memorandum as notice.
- § 47A-1. Short title.
- § 47A-2. Declaration creating unit ownership; recordation.
- § 47A-3. Definitions.
- § 47A-4. Property subject to Article.
- § 47A-5. Nature and incidents of unit ownership.
- § 47A-6. Undivided interests in common areas and facilities; ratio fixed in declaration; conveyance with unit.
- § 47A-7. Common areas and facilities not subject to partition or division.
- § 47A-8. Use of common areas and facilities.
- § 47A-9. Maintenance, repair and improvements to common areas and facilities; access to units for repairs.
- § 47A-10. Compliance with bylaws, regulations and covenants; damages; injunctions.
- § 47A-11. Unit owners not to jeopardize safety of property or impair easements.
- § 47A-12. Unit owners to contribute to common expenses; distribution of common profits.
- § 47A-13. Declaration creating unit ownership; contents; recordation.
- § 47A-14. 1. Deeds conveying units.
- § 47A-15. Plans of building to be attached to declaration; recordation; certificate of architect or engineer.
- § 47A-16. Termination of unit ownership; consent of lienholders; recordation of instruments.
- § 47A-17. Termination of unit ownership; no bar to reestablishment.
- § 47A-18. Bylaws; annexed to declaration; amendments.
- § 47A-19. Bylaws; contents.
- § 47A-20. Records of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit.
- § 47A-21. Units taxed separately.
- § 47A-22. Liens for unpaid common expenses; recordation; priorities; foreclosure.
- § 47A-23. Liability of grantor and grantee of unit for unpaid common expenses.
- § 47A-24. Insurance on property; right to insure units.
- § 47A-25. Damage to or destruction of property; repair or restoration; partition sale on resolution not to restore.
- § 47A-26. Actions as to common interests; service of process on designated agent; exhaustion of remedies against association.
- § 47A-27. Zoning regulations governing condominium projects.
- § 47A-28. Persons subject to Article, declaration and bylaws; effect of decisions of association of unit owners.
- § 47A-34. Definitions.
- § 47A-35. Offering statement.
- § 47A-36. Time to vacate; right of first refusal to purchase.
- § 47A-37. Applicability.
- § 47C-1-101. Short title.
- § 47C-1-102. Applicability.
- § 47C-1-103. Definitions.
- § 47C-1-104. Variation; power of attorney or proxy to declarant.
- § 47C-1-105. Separate titles and taxation.
- § 47C-1-106. Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes.
- § 47C-1-107. Eminent domain.
- § 47C-1-108. Supplemental general principles of law applicable.
- § 47C-1-109. Inconsistent time share provisions.
- § 47C-1-110. Substantial compliance and marketability.
- § 47C-2-101. Execution and recordation of declaration.
- § 47C-2-102. Unit boundaries.
- § 47C-2-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws.
- § 47C-2-104. Description of units.
- § 47C-2-105. Contents of declaration.
- § 47C-2-106. Leasehold condominiums.
- § 47C-2-107. Allocation of common element, interests, votes, and common expense liabilities.
- § 47C-2-108. Limited common elements.
- § 47C-2-109. Plats and plans.
- § 47C-2-110. Exercise of development rights.
- § 47C-2-111. Alterations of units.
- § 47C-2-112. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units.
- § 47C-2-113. Subdivision of units.
- § 47C-2-114. Monuments as boundaries.
- § 47C-2-115. Use for sales purposes.
- § 47C-2-116. Easement to facilitate exercise of special declarant rights.
- § 47C-2-117. Amendment of declaration.
- § 47C-2-117. 1. Judicial reformation of declaration.
- § 47C-2-118. Termination of condominium.
- § 47C-2-120. Master associations.
- § 47C-2-121. Merger or consolidation of condominiums.
- § 47C-3-101. Organization of unit owners' association.
- § 47C-3-102. Powers of unit owners' association.
- § 47C-3-103. Executive board members and officers.
- § 47C-3-104. Transfer of special declarant rights.
- § 47C-3-105. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.
- § 47C-3-106. Bylaws.
- § 47C-3-107. Upkeep; damages; assessments for damages, fines.
- § 47C-3-107. 1. Procedures for fines and suspension of condominium privileges or services.
- § 47C-3-108. Meetings.
- § 47C-3-109. Quorums.
- § 47C-3-110. Voting; proxies.
- § 47C-3-111. Tort and contract liability.
- § 47C-3-112. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.
- § 47C-3-113. Insurance.
- § 47C-3-114. Surplus funds.
- § 47C-3-115. Assessments for common expense.
- § 47C-3-116. Lien for sums due the association; enforcement.
- § 47C-3-116. 1. Validation of certain nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings and sales.
- § 47C-3-117. Other liens affecting the condominium.
- § 47C-3-118. Association records.
- § 47C-3-119. Association as trustee.
- § 47C-3-121. American and State flags and political sign displays.
- § 47C-3-122. Irrigation of landscaping.
- § 47C-4-101. Applicability; waiver.
- § 47C-4-102. Liability for public offering statement requirements.
- § 47C-4-103. Public offering statement; general provisions.
- § 47C-4-104. Same; condominiums subject to developmental rights.
- § 47C-4-105. Same; time share.
- § 47C-4-106. Conversion buildings.
- § 47C-4-107. Same; condominium securities.
- § 47C-4-108. Purchaser's right to cancel.
- § 47C-4-109. Resales of units.
- § 47C-4-110. Escrow of deposits.
- § 47C-4-111. Release of liens or encumbrances.
- § 47C-4-113. Express warranties of quality.
- § 47C-4-114. Implied warranties of quality.
- § 47C-4-115. Exclusion of modification of implied warranties of quality.
- § 47C-4-116. Statute of limitations for warranties.
- § 47C-4-117. Effect of violations on rights of action; attorney's fees.
- § 47C-4-118. Labeling of promotional material.
- § 47C-4-119. Declarant's obligation to complete.