47-41.2. Technical defects.
(a) Technical defects, including technical defects under G.S. 10B-68, and errors or omissions in a form of probate or other notarial certificate, shall not affect the sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the form of probate or the notarial certificate or the related instrument or document. A register of deeds may not refuse to accept an instrument or document for registration because of technical defects, errors, or omissions in a form of probate or other notarial certificate.
(b) This section does not apply to the requirements for registration contained in G.S. 47-14(a) and a register of deeds shall not accept for registration an instrument that does not comply with the requirements of G.S. 47-14(a). (2006-59, s. 31; 2006-199, s. 3; 2013-204, s. 1.17.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration
Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration.
§ 47-37.1 - Other forms of proof.
§ 47-38 - Acknowledgment by grantor.
§ 47-40 - Husband's acknowledgment and wife's acknowledgment before the same officer.
§ 47-41.01 - Corporate conveyances.
§ 47-41.02 - Other forms of probate for corporate conveyances.
§ 47-41.2 - Technical defects.
§ 47-42 - Attestation of bank conveyances by secretary or cashier.
§ 47-43 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.
§ 47-43.1 - Execution and acknowledgment of instruments by attorneys or attorneys-in-fact.
§ 47-43.2 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by subscribing witness.
§ 47-43.3 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of maker.
§ 47-44 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by justice of peace or magistrate.
§ 47-45 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by nonresident official without seal.
§ 47-46.1 - Notice of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
§ 47-46.2 - Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.