2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 47C - North Carolina Condominium Act.
§ 47C-2-109. Plats and plans.

§ 47C‑2‑109.  Plats and plans.

(a)        The declarant shall file with the register of deeds in each county where the condominium is located the condominium's plat or plan prepared in accordance with this section. The plat or plan shall be considered a part of the declaration but shall be recorded separately, and the declaration shall refer by number to the file where such plat or plan is recorded. Each plat or plan shall be kept by the register of deeds in a separate file, indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to be recorded, numbered serially in the order of receipt, and designated "Condominium" with the name of the building, if any, and shall contain a reference to the book and page numbers and date of the recording of the declaration. Each plat or plan must contain a certification by an architect licensed under the provisions of Chapter 83A of the General Statutes or an engineer registered under the provisions of Chapter 89C of the General Statutes that it contains all of the information required by this section.

     (b) Each plat or plan or combination thereof must show:

(1)        The name and a survey or general schematic map of the entire condominium;

(2)        The location and dimensions of all real estate not subject to development rights or subject only to the development right to withdraw and the location and dimensions of all existing improvements within that real estate;

(3)        The location and dimensions of any real estate subject to development rights, labeled to identify the rights applicable to each parcel;

(4)        The extent of any encroachments by or upon any portion of the condominium;

(5)        The location and dimensions of all easements having specific location and dimensions and serving or burdening any portion of the condominium;

(6)        The verified statement of an architect licensed under the provisions of Chapter 83A of the General Statutes or an engineer registered under the provisions of Chapter 89C of the General Statutes certifying that such plats or plans fully and accurately depict the layout, location, ceiling and floor elevations, unit numbers and dimensions of the units, as built;

(6a)      The certificate by a registered land surveyor licensed under the provisions of Chapter 89C of the General Statutes stating that the plats or plans accurately depict the legal boundaries and the physical location of the units and other improvements relative to those boundaries;

(7)        The locations and dimensions of limited common elements; however, parking spaces and the limited common elements described in subsections 47C‑2‑102(2) and (4) need not be shown, except for decks, stoops, porches, balconies, and patios;

(8)        A legally sufficient description of any real estate in which the unit owners will own only an estate for years, labeled as "leasehold real estate";

(9)        The distance between noncontiguous parcels of real estate comprising the condominium;

(10)      Any unit in which the declarant has reserved the right to create additional units or common elements.

(c)        A plat may also show the intended location and dimensions of any contemplated improvement to be constructed anywhere within the condominium. Any contemplated improvement shown must be labeled either "MUST BE BUILT" or "NEED NOT BE BUILT".

(d)        Upon exercising any development right, the declarant shall record either new plats and plans necessary to conform to the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c) or new certifications of plats and plans previously recorded if those plats and plans otherwise conform to the requirements of those subsections.

(e)        In order to be recorded, plats or plans filed shall:

(1)        Be reproducible plats or plans on cloth, linen, film, or other permanent material and be submitted in that form; and

(2)        Have an outside marginal size of not more than 21 inches by 30 inches nor less than eight and one‑half inches by 11 inches, including one and one‑half inches for binding on the left margin and a one‑half inch border on each of the other sides. Where size of the buildings or suitable scale to assure legibility require, plats or plans may be placed on two or more sheets with appropriate match lines.

(f)         The fee for recording each plat or plan sheet submitted shall be as prescribed by G.S. 161‑10(a)(3). (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 877, s. 1; 1987, c. 282, s. 8; 1989, c. 571.)