45-20.3. Validation of deeds where seal omitted on power of attorney.
All deeds and other conveyances executed prior to January 1, 1991, by any attorney-in-fact in the exercise of a power of attorney are valid even though the signature of the principal was not affixed under seal on the instrument creating the power of attorney. (1991, c. 489, s. 1.1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 45 - Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
Article 2 - Right to Foreclose or Sell under Power.
§ 45-5 - Foreclosures by representatives validated.
§ 45-6 - Renunciation by representative; clerk appoints trustee.
§ 45-7 - Agent to sell under power may be appointed by parol.
§ 45-8 - Survivorship among donees of power of sale.
§ 45-9 - Clerk appoints successor to incompetent trustee.
§ 45-10 - Substitution of trustees in mortgages and deeds of trust.
§ 45-14 - Acts of trustee prior to removal not invalidated.
§ 45-15 - Registration of substitution constructive notice.
§ 45-17 - Substitution made as often as justifiable.
§ 45-18 - Validation of certain acts of substituted trustees.
§ 45-19 - Mortgage to guardian; powers pass to succeeding guardian.
§ 45-20 - Sales by mortgagees and trustees confirmed.
§ 45-20.1 - Validation of trustees' deeds where seals omitted.
§ 45-20.3 - Validation of deeds where seal omitted on power of attorney.
§ 45-21 - Validation of appointment of and conveyances to corporations as trustees.