North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - Probate.
§ 47-12 - Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.

47-12. Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.
Except as provided by G.S. 47-12.2, the execution of any instrument required or permitted by law to be registered, which has been witnessed by one or more subscribing witnesses, may be proved for registration before any official authorized by law to take proof of such an instrument, by a statement under oath of any such subscribing witness that the maker either signed the instrument in his presence or acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Nothing in this section in anywise affects any of the requirements set out in G.S. 52-10 or 52-10.1. (1899, c. 235, s. 12; Rev., s. 997; C.S., s. 3303; 1935, c. 168; 1937, c. 7; 1945, c. 73, s. 11; 1947, c. 991, s. 1; 1949, c. 815, ss. 1, 2; 1951, c. 379, s. 1; 1953, c. 1078, s. 1; 1977, c. 375, s. 12.)

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North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration

Article 1 - Probate.

§ 47-1 - Officials of State authorized to take probate.

§ 47-2 - Officials of the United States, foreign countries, and sister states.

§ 47-2.1 - Validation of instruments proved before officers of certain ranks.

§ 47-2.2 - Notary public of sister state; lack of seal or stamp or expiration date of commission.

§ 47-5 - When seal of officer necessary to probate.

§ 47-6 - Officials may act although land or maker's residence elsewhere.