2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 87-110. Recording requirements for utility owners.

§ 87‑110.  Recording requirements for utility owners.

(a)       Each utility owner having underground utilities in North Carolina shall record a notarized document containing the name of the utility owner and the title, address, and telephone number of its representatives designated to receive the written or oral notice of intent to excavate, with the Register of Deeds of each county in which the utility owner owns or operates underground facilities. This document shall be executed by an officer of the utility owner or in the case of a governmental entity, the authorized official.

(b)       Any change or modification of the information recorded by a utility owner, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall be made by recording the corrected information with the Register of Deeds of each county to which the change or modification applies, in the manner required by subsection (a) of this section within five days of the change made to the utilities.

(c)       For purposes of the recordings required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, recordings by an association pursuant to G.S. 87‑109 shall satisfy the recording requirements for each utility owner who is a member of the association while that utility owner remains a  member of the association.

(d)       Upon receipt of the documents recorded pursuant to subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, the Register of Deeds shall place the documents in the Grantor's Index under the heading "Underground Utilities". The registration fee imposed by Chapter 161 of the General Statutes shall apply to these documents. (1985, c. 785, s. 1.)