GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 360

HOUSE BILL 969

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN RECORDED INSTRUMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 47-36.1 is amended by adding after the second sentence a new sentence to read:

"If the statement of explanation is not signed by the parties who signed the original instrument, it shall state that the person signing the statement is the attorney who drafted the original instrument."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 47-48 is amended by deleting "1974" and substituting "1980".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to corrections made on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1987.