47-17.1. Documents registered or ordered to be registered in certain counties to designate draftsman; exceptions.
The register of deeds of any county in North Carolina shall not accept for registration, nor shall any judge order registration pursuant to G.S. 47-14, of any deeds or deeds of trust, executed after January 1, 1980, unless the first page of the deeds or deeds of trust bears an entry showing the name of the drafter of the deed or deed of trust. The register of deeds shall not be required to verify or make inquiry concerning the capacity or authority of the person or entity shown as the drafter on the instrument. (1953, c. 1160; 1955, cc. 54, 59, 87, 88, 264, 280, 410, 628, 655; 1957, cc. 431, 469, 932, 982, 1119, 1290; 1959, cc. 266, 312, 548, 589; 1961, cc. 789, 1167; 1965, cc. 160, 597, 830; 1967, cc. 42, 139; c. 639, s. 2; c. 658; 1969, c. 10; 1971, c. 46; 1973, cc. 65, 283, 342; 1979, c. 703; 1981, c. 362, ss. 1, 2; 2011-351, s. 3; 2018-80, s. 2.1; 2020-50, s. 3(a), (b); 2020-69, s. 6(a), (b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration
§ 47-17 - Probate and registration sufficient without livery of seizin, etc.
§ 47-18 - Conveyances, contracts to convey, options, and leases of land.
§ 47-18.1 - Registration of certificate of entity name change, merger, consolidation, or conversion.
§ 47-18.2 - Registration of Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver.
§ 47-18.3 - Execution of corporate instruments; authority and proof.
§ 47-19 - Unregistered deeds prior to January, 1920, registered on affidavit.
§ 47-20.1 - Place of registration; real property.
§ 47-20.2 - Place of registration; personal property.
§ 47-20.3 - Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property.
§ 47-20.4 - Place of registration; chattel real.
§ 47-20.5 - Real property; effectiveness of after-acquired property clause.
§ 47-20.6 - Affidavit for permanent attachment of titled manufactured home to real property.
§ 47-22 - Counties may provide for photographic or photostatic registration.
§ 47-24 - Conditional sales or leases of railroad property.
§ 47-25 - Marriage settlements.
§ 47-29 - Recording of bankruptcy records.
§ 47-29.1 - Recordation of environmental notices.
§ 47-30 - Plats and subdivisions; mapping requirements.
§ 47-30.1 - Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.
§ 47-31 - Certified copies may be registered; used as evidence.
§ 47-32 - Photographic copies of plats, etc.
§ 47-32.1 - Photostatic copies of plats, etc.; alternative provisions.
§ 47-32.2 - Violation of § 47-30 or § 47-32 a misdemeanor.
§ 47-33 - Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian may be registered.
§ 47-34 - Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian admissible in evidence.
§ 47-35 - Register to fill in deeds on blank forms with lines.
§ 47-36 - Errors in registration corrected on petition to clerk.
§ 47-36.1 - Notice of errors in recorded instruments of title.
§ 47-36.2 - Cure of obvious description errors in recorded instruments.