161-14.03. Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records.
(a) Prior to recording a document or instrument that (i) purports to impact an official record of marriage meeting the requirements of G.S. 51-16 and (ii) is not a marriage license, a return, or an amendment or correction of a marriage license as described in Article 2 of Chapter 51 of the General Statutes, the register of deeds shall conspicuously mark the first page of the document or instrument with the following statement:
"THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL MARRIAGE DOCUMENT."
(b) This section shall not apply to instruments or documents that are attached as exhibits to land records, orders or judgments issued by a court of this State or another state, or separation agreements presented for registration. (2015-53, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 161 - Register of Deeds
§ 161-14 - Registration of instruments.
§ 161-14.01 - Registration of instruments for business and other purposes.
§ 161-14.02 - Registration of documents or instruments purporting to impact official birth records.
§ 161-14.03 - Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records.
§ 161-14.1 - Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments.
§ 161-15 - Certify and register copies.
§ 161-16 - Liability for failure to register.
§ 161-17 - Papers filed alphabetically.
§ 161-18 - Transcribe and index books.
§ 161-19 - Number of survey in grants registered.
§ 161-20 - Certificate of survey registered.
§ 161-21 - General index kept.
§ 161-22 - Index of registered instruments.
§ 161-22.1 - Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land.
§ 161-22.2 - Parcel identifier number indexes.
§ 161-22.3 - Minimum standards for land records management.
§ 161-23 - Clerk to board of commissioners.
§ 161-26 - Duties unperformed at expiration of term.
§ 161-27 - Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty.