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2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 161 - Register of Deeds.
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Article 1 - The Office.
- § 161-1. Election and term of office.
- § 161-2. Four-year term for registers of deeds.
- § 161-3. Oath of office.
- § 161-4. Bond required.
- § 161-4.1. Salary in counties where fees formerly allowed.
- § 161-4.2. Liability insurance for register of deeds.
- § 161-5. Vacancy in office.
- § 161-6. Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority to sign in name of register of deeds; holdover assistants and deputies.
- § 161-7. Office at courthouse.
- § 161-8. Attendance at office.
- § 161-9. Official seal.
- § 161-10. Uniform fees of registers of deeds.
- § 161-10.1. Exemption of armed forces discharge documents and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans' benefits.
- § 161-10.2. Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 80, s. 6.
- § 161-11. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1027.
- § 161-11.1. Fees for Children's Trust Fund.
- § 161-11.2. Fees for domestic violence centers.
- § 161-11.3. Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund.
- § 161-11.4. Fees for floodplain mapping.
- § 161-11.5. Fees for General Fund support.
- § 161-11.6. Fees for archival of records. Article 2 - The Duties.
- §§ 161-12 through 161-13: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1027.
- § 161-14. Registration of instruments.
- § 161-14.01. Registration of instruments for business and other purposes.
- § 161-14.1. Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments.
- § 161-14.2. Indexing procedures for instruments and documents filed in the office of the register of deeds.
- § 161-15. Certify and register copies.
- § 161-16. Liability for failure to register.
- § 161-17. Papers filed alphabetically.
- § 161-18. Transcribe and index books.
- § 161-19. Number of survey in grants registered.
- § 161-20. Certificate of survey registered.
- § 161-21. General index kept.
- § 161-22. Index of registered instruments.
- § 161-22.1. Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land.
- § 161-22.2. Parcel identifier number indexes.
- § 161-22.3. Minimum standards for land records management.
- § 161-23. Clerk to board of commissioners.
- § 161-24. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 108, s. 99.
- § 161-25. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 803, s. 36.
- § 161-26. Duties unperformed at expiration of term.
- § 161-27. Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty.
- § 161-28. Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds.
- § 161-29. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds.
- § 161-29.1. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office.
- § 161-30. Modernization of land records.
- § 161-31. Tax certification.
- §§ 161-32 through 161-49. Reserved for future codification purposes. Article 3 - Register of Deeds' Supplemental Pension Fund Act of 1987.
- § 161-50. Short title and purpose.
- § 161-50.1. Scope.
- § 161-50.2. Assets.
- § 161-50.3. Disbursements.
- § 161-50.4. Eligibility.
- § 161-50.5. Benefits.
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