North Carolina § 47-96 - Validation of instruments registered without probate.
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§ 47-96. Validation of instruments registered without probate.
In every case where it shall appear from the records in the office of the register of deeds of any county in the State that any instrument of writing required or allowed by law to be registered prior to January 1, 1869, without any acknowledgment, proof, privy examination, or probate, or upon a defective acknowledgment, proof, privy examination, or probate, the record of such instrument may, notwithstanding, be read in evidence in any of the courts of this State, if otherwise competent. History (1923, c. 215, s. 1; C.S., s. 3366(i).) Local Modification. - Cherokee, Graham: 1935, c. 92. Legal Periodicals. - For suggestion that this section probably means that the registration must have been made prior to 1869, and that this section and G.S. 47-98 should be considered as amendments or additional sections to Chapter 8 , Article 2, see 1 N.C.L. Rev. 302 (1923).
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-96 ("Validation of instruments registered without probate.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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