North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - Probate.
§ 47-14.1 - Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.

47-14.1. Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.
All deeds, contracts, conveyances, leaseholds or other instruments executed from and after February 7, 1945, shall be valid for all purposes without the separate, privy, or private examination of married woman where she is a party to or a grantor in such deed, contract, conveyance, leasehold or other instrument, and it shall not be necessary nor required that the separate or privy examination of such married woman be taken by the certifying officer. From and after February 7, 1945, all laws and clauses of laws contained in any section of the General Statutes requiring the privy or private examination of a married woman are hereby repealed. (1945, c. 73, s. 21; 1951, c. 893, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

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.

§ 47-8.1 - Certain documents verified by attorneys validated.

§ 47-9 - Probates before stockholders in building and loan associations.

§ 47-10 - Probate before stockholders or directors in banking corporations.

§ 47-11 - Subpoenas to maker and subscribing witnesses.

§ 47-12 - Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness.

§ 47-12.1 - Proof of attested instrument by proof of handwriting.

§ 47-12.2 - Subscribing witness incompetent when grantee or beneficiary.

§ 47-13 - Proof of unattested writing.

§ 47-13.1 - Certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.

§ 47-14 - Register of deeds to verify the presence of proof or acknowledgement and register instruments and electronic documents; order by judge; instruments to which register of deeds is a party.

§ 47-14.1 - Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.

§ 47-16 - Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist.