2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates.
Article 2A - Probate of Will.
§ 28A-2A-22 - Validation of probates of wills when witnesses examined before notary public; acts of deputy clerks validated.
28A-2A-22. Validation of probates of wills when witnesses examined before notary public; acts of deputy clerks validated.
Whenever any last will and testament has been probated, based upon the examination of the subscribing witness or the subscribing witnesses, taken before a notary public in the county in which the will is probated, or taken before a notary public of any other county, it is hereby in all respects validated and shall be sufficient to pass the title to all real and personal property purported to be transferred thereby.
All acts heretofore performed by deputy clerks of the superior court in taking acknowledgments, examining witnesses and probate of any wills, deeds and other instruments required or permitted by law to be recorded, are hereby validated. Nothing herein contained shall affect pending litigation. (1945, c. 822; 1973, c. 445; 1977, c. 734, s. 1; 1979, c. 226, s. 2; 2011-344, s. 3.)
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