NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 237

HOUSE BILL 270

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 47‑43.2 RELATING TO VALIDATION OF RECORDED INSTRUMENTS WHERE EXECUTION WAS PROVED BY SUBSCRIBING WITNESS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 47‑43.2 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"Provided, however, that when instruments have been recorded upon proof of execution of the instrument by certificate of a judicial officer, showing that execution was proven by oath and examination of the subscribing witness, the date of such examination, and the signature of the officer taking the proof, such proof of execution shall be deemed sufficient on all instruments filed for registration prior to March 15, 1961.

Sec. 2.  This Act shall not apply to pending litigation or to any instrument now directly or indirectly involved in pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1961.