47-16. Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist.
It is competent for the clerk of the superior court in any county in this State, on proof before him upon the oath and examination of the subscribing witness to any contract or instrument required to be registered under the laws of this State, to adjudge and order that such contract or instrument be registered as by law provided, when such contract or instrument is signed by any corporation in its corporate name by its president, and when such corporation has been out of existence for more than 10 years when the said contract or instrument is offered for probate and registration, and when the grantee and those claiming under any such grantee have been in the uninterrupted possession of the property described in said contract or instrument since the date of its execution; and said contract or instrument so probated and registered shall be as effective to all intents and purposes as if signed, sealed, and acknowledged, or proven, as provided under the existing laws of this State. (1911, c. 44, s. 1; C.S., s. 3307.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration
§ 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.
§ 47-14.1 - Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women.
§ 47-16 - Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist.