NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 500

HOUSE BILL 480

AN ACT FIXING FEES TO BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED BY THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Effective the 1st day of the first month after ratification of this Act the fees to be charged and collected by the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina, for recording each item shall be as hereinafter set out. Provided, however, the fees to be charged by the Register of Deeds of Randolph County for any item shall be that provided by the General Statutes of North Carolina if no fee for such item is fixed by this Act:

(1)       Regular form warranty deeds, timber deeds, and quitclaim deeds, $1.25 for the first page, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(2)       Deeds of trust and mortgage deeds, $2.00 for first two pages, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(3)       Chattel mortgages and conditional sales contracts, $1.25 for the first page, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(4)       Power of attorney, $1.50 for first page, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(5)       Real estate lease agreements, $1.50 for first page, and 50¢, for each additional page or part thereof.

(6)       Crop liens and chattel deeds of trust, $1.50 for first page, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(7)       Easement and right-of-way agreements, $1.50 for first page, and 50¢ for each additional page or part thereof.

(8)       Certified copy of birth certificates, $1.00.

(9)       Delayed birth certificates, $1.50.

(10)     Certified copy of death certificates, $1.00.

(11)     Marriage license, $5.00.

(12)     Service discharge certificates, no charge.

(13)     Certified copy of service discharge certificates, $1.00.

(14)     Plats and maps, $4.00 for each page or fraction thereof.

(15)     Certified copy of all instruments not specifically set out in this Act shall be the same as recording fees.

Sec. 2. The Register of Deeds of Randolph County is authorized to collect all fees payable to that office in advance.

Sec. 3. All fees collected by the register of deeds shall be accounted for and paid over to the general county fund once each month.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to Randolph County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect on or after the first day of the first month after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1963.