NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 37

HOUSE BILL 38

 

 

AN ACT TO RE-ENACT G.S. 10-12, VALIDATING ACTS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC PERFORMED PRIOR TO QUALIFYING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 10-12 is hereby re-enacted as follows:

"G.S. 10-12.  Acts of Notaries Public in Certain Instances Validated. (a) The acts of any person heretofore performed after appointment as a notary public and prior to qualification as a notary public.

(1)        in taking any acknowledgment, or

(2)        in notarizing any instrument, or

(3)        in performing any act purportedly in the capacity of a notary public are hereby declared to be valid and of the same legal effect as if such person had qualified as a notary public prior to performing any such acts.

(b)        All instruments with respect to which any such person as is described in subsection (a) of this Section has purported to act in the capacity of a notary public shall have the same legal effect as if such person acting as a notary public had in fact qualified as a notary public prior to performing any acts with respect to such instruments."

Sec. l 1/2.  The provisions of this Bill shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  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 4th day of March, 1965.