NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 628
SENATE BILL 293

AN ACT TO VALIDATE JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT RENDERED BY CLERKS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN ACTIONS TO REMOVE CLOUD FROM TITLE TO REAL ESTATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Article 23 of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section which shall be designated as Section 1‑217.2 and which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 1‑217.2.  Judgments by default to remove cloud from title to real estate validated. In every case where prior to the 1st day of April, 1956, a judgment by default final has been entered by the Clerk of the Superior Court of any county in this State in an action to remove cloud from title to real estate the said judgment is hereby to all intents and purposes validated, and said judgment is hereby declared to be regular, proper and a lawful judgment in all respects according to the provisions of same."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 6th day of June, 1961.