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Home » US Law » 2022 North Carolina General Statutes » Chapter 8 - Evidence » Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.

§ 8-10 – Copies of grants in Burke.

8-10. Copies of grants in Burke. Copies of grants issued by the State within the County of Burke prior to the destruction of the records of said county by General Stoneman in the year 1865, shall be admitted in evidence in all actions when the same are duly registered; and when the original grants are […]

§ 8-11 – Copies of grants in Moore.

8-11. Copies of grants in Moore. Copies of grants for land situated in Moore County and the counties of which Moore was a part, entered in a book, and the book being certified under the seal of the Secretary of State, shall have the force and effect of the originals and be evidence in all […]

§ 8-12 – Copies of grants in Onslow.

8-12. Copies of grants in Onslow. The copies of grants made by the register of deeds of Onslow County under laws of 1907, chapter 434, of grants, abstracts of grants, and other documents pertaining to titles of land in Onslow County issued prior to the year 1800, and contained in a book called Book of […]

§ 8-13 – Certain deeds dated before 1835 evidence of due execution.

8-13. Certain deeds dated before 1835 evidence of due execution. In all actions hereafter instituted in which the title or ownership of any lands situated in North Carolina is at issue or in dispute, any deed or release, or a duly certified copy thereof, in which the people of the State of North Carolina are […]

§ 8-14 – Certified copies of maps of Cherokee lands.

8-14. Certified copies of maps of Cherokee lands. Certified copies by the Secretary of State of the copies, or parts thereof, of the maps of the Cherokee lands and of the Cherokee Country, as provided for and described in Chapter 175 of the laws of 1911, shall have the same force and effect and be […]

§ 8-16 – Evidence of title under H.EMcCulloch grants.

8-16. Evidence of title under H.E. McCulloch grants. In all actions or suits, wherein it may be necessary for either party to prove title, by virtue of a grant or grants made by the king of Great Britain or Earl Granville to Henry McCulloch, or Henry Eustace McCulloch, it shall be sufficient for such party, […]

§ 8-17 – Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch.

8-17. Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch. In all trials where the title of either plaintiff or defendant shall be derived from Henry Eustace McCulloch, or Henry McCulloch, out of their tracts numbers one and three, it shall not be required of such party to produce, in support of his title, either […]

§ 8-18 – Certified copies of registered instruments evidence.

8-18. Certified copies of registered instruments evidence. A copy of the record of any deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument required or allowed to be registered, duly authenticated by the certificate and official seal of the register of deeds of the county where the original or duly certified copy has been registered, may […]

§ 8-19 – Common survey of contiguous tracts evidence.

8-19. Common survey of contiguous tracts evidence. Whenever any person owns several tracts of land which are contiguous or adjoining, but held under different deeds and different surveys, it may be lawful for any such person to have all such bodies of land included in one common survey by running around the lines of the […]

§ 8-21 – Deeds and records thereof lost, presumed to be in due form.

8-21. Deeds and records thereof lost, presumed to be in due form. Whenever it is shown in any judicial proceeding that a deed or conveyance of real estate has been lost or destroyed, and that the same had been registered, and that the register’s book containing the copy has been destroyed by fire or other […]

§ 8-22 – Localrecitals in tax deeds in Haywood and Henderson.

8-22. Local: recitals in tax deeds in Haywood and Henderson. In all legal controversies touching lands in the Counties of Haywood and Henderson, in which either party shall claim title under any sale for taxes alleged to have been due and laid, in and for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, or any […]

§ 8-22.1 – Localtax deeds in Richmond.

8-22.1. Local: tax deeds in Richmond. Proof of execution and delivery of a deed recorded before 1971 to a grantee by the sheriff of Richmond County pursuant to sale under execution in a tax foreclosure proceeding brought by Richmond County under G.S. 105-375 establishes a presumption that all notices required by G.S. 105-375 and Article […]

§ 8-23 – Localcopies of records from Tyrrell.

8-23. Local: copies of records from Tyrrell. Copies of records of the County of Tyrrell between the years one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, when copied in a book and certified to by the clerk of the Superior Court of Tyrrell County as to the records of his […]

§ 8-24 – Localrecords of partition in Duplin.

8-24. Local: records of partition in Duplin. The transcripts made by the clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County, in accordance with Chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seven, of the reports of committees relating to the partition of real estate on file in his office […]

§ 8-25 – Localrecords of wills in Duplin.

8-25. Local: records of wills in Duplin. The transcripts made by the clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County, in accordance with Chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seven, of all wills and entries of probate and dates of registration appearing on the same, on file […]

§ 8-26 – Localrecords of deeds and wills in Anson.

8-26. Local: records of deeds and wills in Anson. The copies of the deeds and deed books and of the wills and will books made in Anson County under the act of March second, one thousand nine hundred and five, shall have the same force and effect as the original deeds and deed books copied […]

§ 8-27 – Localrecords of wills in Brunswick.

8-27. Local: records of wills in Brunswick. Under the provisions of Chapter one hundred and six of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and eight, authorizing and directing that all unrecorded wills, dated prior to January first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, on file in the office of the clerk of the Superior […]

§ 8-28 – Copies of wills.

8-28. Copies of wills. Copies of wills, duly certified by the proper officer, may be given in evidence in any proceeding wherein the contents of the will may be competent evidence. (1784, c. 225, s. 6, P.R.; R.C., c. 119, s. 21; Code, s. 2175; Rev., s. 1603; C.S., s. 1773.)

§ 8-29 – Copies of wills in Secretary of State's office.

8-29. Copies of wills in Secretary of State’s office. Copies of wills filed or recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, attested by the Secretary, may be given in evidence in any court, and shall be taken as sufficient proof of the devise of real estate, and are declared good and effectual to […]