NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 112
SENATE BILL 170

AN ACT TO ALLOW NOTARIES PUBLIC TO CERTIFY A DECLARATION OF RIGHT TO A NATURAL DEATH.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-321(c)(4) is amended by deleting the words "clerk or assistant clerk of superior court" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "clerk or assistant clerk of superior court, or a notary public".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-321(d) is amended by deleting the words "clerk or the assistant clerk", and in each place those words appear inserting in lieu thereof the words "clerk or the assistant clerk, or a notary public".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-321(d) is amended by deleting the words "Clerk (Assistant Clerk) of Superior Court", in the four places those words appear and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Clerk (Assistant Clerk) of Superior Court or Notary Public (circle one as appropriate)" in each place.
Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-321 is amended by adding a new subsection (i) to read: "(i) Any certificate in the form provided by this section prior to July 1, 1979, shall continue to be valid."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 90-321(d)(2)c. is amended by deleting the words "clerk or assistant clerk of the superior court" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "clerk or assistant clerk of the superior court, or a notary public".
Sec. 6.  G.S. 90-321(d)(3) is amended by deleting the words "clerk or assistant clerk", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "clerk or assistant clerk, or a notary public".
Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1979.