North Carolina § 58-72-50 - Approval, acknowledgment and custody of bonds.

§ 58-72-50. Approval, acknowledgment and custody of bonds.

The approval of all official bonds taken or renewed by the board of commissioners shall be recorded by the clerk to the board. Every such bond shall be acknowledged by the parties thereto or proved by a subscribing witness, before the chairman of the board of commissioners, or before the clerk of the superior court, and the original bond, with the approval of the commissioners endorsed thereon and certified by their chairman, shall be deposited with the clerk of the superior court for safekeeping. Provided that an official bond executed as surety by a surety company authorized to do business in this State need not be acknowledged upon behalf of the surety when such bond is executed under seal in the name of the surety by an agent or attorney-in-fact by authority of a power of attorney duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county. History (1869-70, c. 169, s. 4; 1879, c. 207, s. 2; Code, s. 1877; Rev., s. 311; C.S., s. 333; 1957, c. 1011; 2009-570, s. 35; 2012-18, s. 1.9.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-570, s. 35, effective August 28, 2009, substituted "the clerk to the board" for "their clerk" at the end of the first sentence; and deleted "except the bond of said clerk, which shall be deposited with the register of deeds," preceding "for safekeeping" at the end of the second sentence. Session Laws 2012-18, s. 1.9, effective July 1, 2012, in the second sentence, deleted "registered in the register's office in a separate book to be kept for the registration of official bonds," following "before the clerk of the superior court" and in the last sentence, deleted "and such bond may be recorded by the register of deeds without an order of probate entered by the clerk of the superior court."