NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 79

SENATE BILL 24

 

 

AN ACT TO VALIDATE DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS EXECUTED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1960, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE INSTRUMENT WAS NOT ADJUDGED CORRECT AND ORDERED REGISTERED BY THE CLERK.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 47‑50 is rewritten to read as follows:

"In all cases prior to December 31, 1960, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of such county or other officer authorized to pass upon acknowledgments and to order registration of instruments has failed either to adjudge the correctness of the acknowledgment or to order the registration thereof, or both, such registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of such county shall be effective to the same extent as if the clerk or other authorized officer had properly adjudged the correctness of the acknowledgment and had ordered the registration of the instrument."

Sec. 2.  This Act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of March, 1961.