North Carolina § 146-20 - 1. Conveyance of certain marshlands validated; public trust rights reserved.
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§ 146-20. 1. Conveyance of certain marshlands validated; public trust rights reserved.
Validation. - All conveyances of swamplands, including regularly flooded estuarine marshlands, that have previously been made by the Literary Fund, the North Carolina Literary Board, or the State Board of Education are declared valid, and the person to whom the conveyance was made or his successor in title is declared to have title to the marshland. Reservation. - Areas of regularly flooded estuarine marshlands within conveyances validated by subsection (a) remain subject to all public trust rights. History (1985, c. 278, s. 1.) Legal Periodicals. - For article, "The Battle to Preserve North Carolina's Estuarine Marshes: The 1985 Legislation, Private Claims to Estuarine Marshes, Denial of Permits to Fill, and the Public Trust," see 64 N.C.L. Rev. 565 (1986).
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 146-20 ("1. Conveyance of certain marshlands validated; public trust rights reserved.") 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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