§ 161-28 – Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds.
161-28. Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds. Any and all acts and duties performed by any and all assistant or deputy registers of deeds appointed and acting under the provisions of G.S. 161-6 or any other provisions of law, general, […]
§ 161-29 – Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds.
161-29. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds. (a) Any and all acts and duties performed by any and all assistant or deputy registers of deeds in executing any instrument, while acting under the provisions of G.S. 161-6 or any […]
§ 161-29.1 – Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office.
161-29.1. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office. All acts and duties heretofore performed by any and all assistant or deputy registers of deeds, who were appointed but who were not sworn into office or who were sworn into office after their duties commenced, shall be […]
§ 161-30 – Modernization of land records.
161-30. Modernization of land records. (a) The county commissioners of any county may require that the register of deeds shall not accept for registration any map or instrument affecting real property unless the following requirements are satisfied: (1) With the exception of a map or instrument that is submitted electronically, the name and address of […]
§ 161-31 – Tax certification.
161-31. Tax certification. (a) Tax Certification. – The board of commissioners of a county may, by resolution, require the register of deeds not to accept any deed transferring real property for registration unless the county tax collector has certified that no delinquent ad valorem county taxes, ad valorem municipal taxes, or other taxes with which […]
§ 161-27 – Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty.
161-27. Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty. (a) If any register of deeds fails to perform any of the duties imposed or authorized by law, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and he shall be removed from office. (b) No assistant register of deeds or deputy register of deeds recusing […]
§ 161-19 – Number of survey in grants registered.
161-19. Number of survey in grants registered. The register of deeds in each county in this State, when grants have been registered without the number of tract or survey, shall place in the registration of the grants the number of the tract or survey, when the same shall be furnished him by the grantee or […]
§ 161-20 – Certificate of survey registered.
161-20. Certificate of survey registered. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds in each county, when any grant is presented for registration with a certificate of survey attached, to register such certificate of survey, together with all endorsements thereon, together with said grant, and a record of any certificate of survey so […]
§ 161-21 – General index kept.
161-21. General index kept. The board of county commissioners shall, at the expense of the county, maintain a consolidated index of all the deeds and other documents affecting real property in the register’s office. (1868, c. 35, s. 13; Code, s. 3663; Rev., s. 2664; C.S., s. 3560; 1929, c. 327, s. 1; 1987, c. […]
§ 161-22 – Index of registered instruments.
161-22. Index of registered instruments. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the register of deeds shall provide and keep in the register’s office full and complete alphabetical indexes of the names of the parties to all liens, grants, deeds, mortgages, bonds, and other instruments required or authorized to be registered, and the indexes shall […]