North Carolina § 47-17 - 1. Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.

§ 47-17. 1. Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.

The register of deeds of any county in North Carolina shall not accept for registration, nor shall any judge order registration pursuant to G.S. 47-14, of any deeds or deeds of trust, executed after January 1, 1980, unless the first page of the deeds or deeds of trust bears an entry showing the name of the drafter of the deed or deed of trust. The register of deeds shall not be required to verify or make inquiry concerning the capacity or authority of the person or entity shown as the drafter on the instrument. History (1953, c. 1160; 1955, cc. 54, 59, 87, 88, 264, 280, 410, 628, 655; 1957, cc. 431, 469, 932, 982, 1119, 1290; 1959, cc. 266, 312, 548, 589; 1961, cc. 789, 1167; 1965, cc. 160, 597, 830; 1967, cc. 42, 139; c. 639, s. 2; c. 658; 1969, c. 10; 1971, c. 46; 1973, cc. 65, 283, 342; 1979, c. 703; 1981, c. 362, ss. 1, 2; 2011-351, s. 3; 2018-80, s. 2.1; 2020-50, s. 3(a), (b); 2020-69, s. 6(a), (b).) Local Modification. - Alamance: 1957, c. 1290; Onslow: 1959, c. 783. Editor's Note. - For similar act applicable to Caldwell, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Rutherford and Vance Counties, see Session Laws 1955, c. 273, as amended by Session Laws 1955, c. 575, and Session Laws 1967, c. 742. Session Laws 2011-351, s. 3, which deleted "except that papers or documents prepared in other states may be registered or ordered to be registered without having the name of either the person or law firm who drafted the instrument designated thereon" from the end of the section, was applicable to all memoranda of contracts to purchase real estate recorded prior to and on or after June 27, 2011. Session Laws 2018-80, s. 4.1, as amended by Session Laws 2020-50, s. 3(a), and as amended by Session Laws 2020-69, s. 6(a), provides: "The remainder of this act is effective when this act becomes law [June 25, 2018] and applies to mortgages and deeds of trust entered into before, on, or after that date, and to other instruments under G.S. 47-18.3 executed before, on, or after August 1, 2020." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-351, s. 3, effective June 27, 2011, and applicable to all memoranda of contracts to purchase real estate recorded prior to and on or after that date, deleted "except that papers or documents prepared in other states may be registered or ordered to be registered without having the name of either the person or law firm who drafted the instrument designated thereon" from the end. Session Laws 2018-80, s. 2.1, effective June 25, 2018, added the last two sentences. Session Laws 2020-50, s. 3(b), effective August 1, 2020, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2020-69, s. 6(b), effective August 1, 2020, rewrote the section.