136-19.4. Registration of right-of-way plans.
(a) A copy of the cover sheet and plan and profile sheets of the final right-of-way plans for all Department of Transportation projects, on those projects for which plans are prepared, under which right-of-way or other interest in real property is acquired or access is controlled shall be certified by the Department of Transportation to the register of deeds of the county or counties within which the project is located. The Department shall certify said plan sheets to the register of deeds within two weeks from their formal approval by the Board of Transportation.
(b) The copy of the plans certified to the register of deeds shall consist of a Xerox, photographic, or other permanent copy, except for plans electronically transmitted pursuant to subsection (b1) of this section, and shall measure approximately 17 inches by 11 inches including no less than one and one-half inches binding space on the left-hand side.
(b1) With the approval of the county in which the right-of-way plans are to be filed, the Department may transmit the plans electronically.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in the law, upon receipt of said original certified copy of the right-of-way plans, the register of deeds shall record said right-of-way plans and place the same in a book maintained for that purpose, and the register of deeds shall maintain a cross-index to said right-of-way plans by number of road affected, if any, and by identification number. No probate before the clerk of the superior court shall be required.
(d) If after the approval of said final right-of-way plans the Board of Transportation shall by resolution alter or amend said right-of-way or control of access, the Department of Transportation, within two weeks from the adoption by the Board of Transportation of said alteration or amendment, shall certify to the register of deeds in the county or counties within which the project is located a copy of the amended plan and profile sheets approved by the Board of Transportation and the register of deeds shall remove the original plan sheets and record the amended plan sheets in lieu thereof.
(e) The register of deeds in each county shall collect a fee from the Department of Transportation for recording right-of-way plans and profile sheets in the amount set out in G.S. 161-10. (1967, c. 228, s. 1; 1969, c. 80, s. 13; 1973, c. 507, ss. 5, 12-15; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1999-422, s. 1; 2000-68, s. 1; 2001-390, s. 6.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.
§ 136-17.2 - Members of the Board of Transportation represent entire State.
§ 136-18 - Powers of Department of Transportation.
§ 136-18.01 - Consultation required for welcome and visitor centers.
§ 136-18.02 - Operation of electric vehicle charging stations at rest stops; report.
§ 136-18.03 - Outside counsel.
§ 136-18.04 - Product Evaluation Program.
§ 136-18.05 - Establishment of "DOT Report" Program.
§ 136-18.06 - Public Street Information Database.
§ 136-18.07 - Subdivision Roads Manual.
§ 136-18.3 - Location of garbage collection containers by counties and municipalities.
§ 136-18.3A - Wireless communications infrastructure.
§ 136-18.4 - Provision and marking of "pull-off" areas.
§ 136-18.5 - Wesley DWebster Highway.
§ 136-18.5A - Purple Heart Memorial Highway.
§ 136-18.5B - Dale Earnhardt Highway.
§ 136-18.5C - The U.SMarine Corps HighwayHome of Carolina-Based Marines since 1941.
§ 136-18.6 - Cutting down trees.
§ 136-19.3 - Acquisition of buildings.
§ 136-19.4 - Registration of right-of-way plans.
§ 136-19.4A - Required surveying information in certain acquisition plans.
§ 136-19.5 - Utility right-of-way agreements.
§ 136-19.6 - Right-of-Way Claim Report.
§ 136-20 - Elimination or safeguarding of grade crossings and inadequate underpasses or overpasses.
§ 136-21 - Drainage of highway; application to court; summons; commissioners.
§ 136-22 - View by commissioners; report; judgment.
§ 136-25 - Repair of road detour.
§ 136-27 - Connection of highways with improved streets; pipelines and conduits; cost.
§ 136-27.3 - Relocation of municipalities' utilities by Department; repayment by municipalities.
§ 136-27.3A - Relocation of automatic license plate reader systems.
§ 136-27.4 - Use of certain right-of-way for sidewalk dining.
§ 136-28.1 - Letting of contracts to bidders after advertisement; exceptions.
§ 136-28.2 - Relocated transportation infrastructure; contracts let by others.
§ 136-28.5 - Construction diaries; bid analysis and management system.
§ 136-28.6 - Participation by the Department of Transportation with private developers.
§ 136-28.6A - Partnerships with private developers.
§ 136-28.6B - Applicable stormwater regulation.
§ 136-28.7 - Contract requirements relating to construction materials.
§ 136-28.8 - Use of recycled materials in construction.
§ 136-28.9 - Retainage - construction contracts.
§ 136-28.10 - Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund Small Project Bidding.
§ 136-28.11 - Design-build construction of transportation projects.
§ 136-28.12 - Litter removal coordinated with mowing of highway rights-of-way.
§ 136-28.13 - Participation in the energy credit banking and selling program.
§ 136-28.14 - Project contractor licensing requirements.
§ 136-28.15 - Diesel vehicles purchase warranty requirement.
§ 136-29 - Adjustment and resolution of Department of Transportation contract claim.
§ 136-30.1 - Center line and pavement edge line markings.
§ 136-32 - Regulation of signs.
§ 136-32.1 - Misleading signs prohibited.
§ 136-32.2 - Placing blinding, deceptive or distracting lights unlawful.
§ 136-32.3 - Litter enforcement signs.
§ 136-33 - Damaging or removing signs; rewards.
§ 136-33.1 - Signs for protection of cattle.
§ 136-33.2A - Signs marking beginning of reduced speed zones.
§ 136-34 - Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road equipment to municipalities.
§ 136-35 - Cooperation with other states and federal government.
§ 136-41.1 - Appropriation to municipalities; allocation of funds generally; allocation to Butner.
§ 136-41.2 - Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated since January 1, 1945.
§ 136-41.2A - Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated before January 1, 1945.
§ 136-41.2B - Eligibility for funds; municipalities with no road miles ineligible.
§ 136-41.4 - Municipal use of allocated funds; election.
§ 136-41.5 - Annual report on use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant funds.
§ 136-42 - Transferred to G.S.2 by Session Laws 1971, c345, s2.
§ 136-42.1 - Archaeological objects on highway right-of-way.
§ 136-42.2 - Markers on highway; cooperation of Department of Transportation.
§ 136-42.3 - Historical marker program.
§ 136-43 - Transferred to § 136-42.3 by Session Laws 1971, c345, s2.
§ 136-43.1 - Procedure for correction and relocation of historical markers.