North Carolina § 47-30 - 1. Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.
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§ 47-30. 1. Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.
In a county to which the provisions of G.S. 47-30 do not apply, any person, firm or corporation owning land may have a plat thereof recorded in the office of the register of deeds if such land or any part thereof is situated in the county, upon proof upon oath by the surveyor making such plat or under whose supervision such plat was made that the same is in all respects correct according to the best of his knowledge and belief and was prepared from an actual survey by him made, or made under his supervision, giving the date of such survey, or if the surveyor making such plat is dead, or where land has been sold and conveyed according to an unrecorded plat, upon the oath of a duly licensed surveyor that said map is in all respects correct according to the best of his knowledge and belief and that the same was actually and fully checked and verified by him, giving the date on which the same was verified and checked. History (1961, c. 534, s. 1; c. 985.) Local Modification. - Avery: 1973, c. 1050; Yadkin: 1977, c. 480. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1961, c. 534, s. 2, provided that any plat recorded in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 47-30.1 in a county to which the provisions of G.S. 47-30, as it read prior to amendment in 1983, did not apply, between December 31, 1959, and May 30, 1961, was in all respects validated and confirmed.
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Section 47-30 ("1. Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.") 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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