47-21. Blank or master forms of mortgages, etc.; embodiment by reference in instruments later filed.
It shall be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to have a blank or master form of mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, filed, indexed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds. When any such blank or master form is filed, the register of deeds shall record it and shall index it in the manner now provided by law for the indexing of instruments recorded in the office of the register of deeds, except that the name of the person, firm or corporation whose name appears on such blank or master form shall be inserted in the indices as grantor and also as grantee. The fee for filing, recording and indexing such blank or master form shall be that for recording instruments in general, as provided in G.S. 161-10(a)(1).
When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, refers to the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations, or powers set forth in any such blank or master form recorded as herein authorized, and states the office of recordation of such blank or master form, book and page where same is recorded such reference shall be equivalent to setting forth in extenso in such deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument conveying an interest in, or creating a lien on, real and/or personal property, the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations and powers set forth in such blank or master form. Provided this section shall not apply to Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Dare, Gates, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Iredell, Jackson, Martin, Moore, Perquimans, Sampson, Stanly, Swain, Transylvania, Vance, Washington and Watauga Counties. (1935, c. 153; 1971, c. 156; 2001-390, s. 4.)
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.