North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 161 - Register of Deeds

Article 1 - The Office.

§ 161-1 - Election and term of office. - 161-1. Election and term of office. In each county there...

§ 161-2 - Four-year term for registers of deeds. - 161-2. Four-year term for registers of deeds. A register of...

§ 161-3 - Oath of office. - 161-3. Oath of office. The register of deeds shall take...

§ 161-4 - Bond required. - 161-4. Bond required. (a) Every register of deeds shall give...

§ 161-4.1 - Salary in counties where fees formerly allowed. - 161-4.1. Salary in counties where fees formerly allowed. In any...

§ 161-4.2 - Liability insurance for register of deeds. - 161-4.2. Liability insurance for register of deeds. To the same...

§ 161-5 - Vacancy in office. - 161-5. Vacancy in office. (a) Repealed by Session Laws 1991,...

§ 161-6 - Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority to sign in name of register of deeds; holdover assistants and deputies. - 161-6. Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority...

§ 161-7 - Office at courthouse. - 161-7. Office at courthouse. The register shall keep his office...

§ 161-8 - Attendance at office. - 161-8. Attendance at office. The board of county commissioners may...

§ 161-9 - Official seal. - 161-9. Official seal. The office of register of deeds for...

§ 161-10 - Uniform fees of registers of deeds. - 161-10. Uniform fees of registers of deeds. (a) Except as...

§ 161-10.1 - Exemption of Armed Forces discharge documents and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans' benefits. - 161-10.1. Exemption of Armed Forces discharge documents and certain other...

§ 161-11.1 - Fees for Children's Trust Fund. - 161-11.1. Fees for Children's Trust Fund. (a) Five dollars ($5.00)...

§ 161-11.2 - Fees for domestic violence centers. - 161-11.2. Fees for domestic violence centers. Thirty dollars ($30.00) of...

§ 161-11.3 - Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund. - 161-11.3. Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund. Ten percent (10%) of...

§ 161-11.5 - Fees to be remitted to State Treasurer. - 161-11.5. Fees to be remitted to State Treasurer. Six dollars...

Article 2 - The Duties.

§ 161-14 - Registration of instruments. - 161-14. Registration of instruments. (a) After the register of deeds...

§ 161-14.01 - Registration of instruments for business and other purposes. - 161-14.01. Registration of instruments for business and other purposes. (a)...

§ 161-14.02 - Registration of documents or instruments purporting to impact official birth records. - 161-14.02. Registration of documents or instruments purporting to impact official...

§ 161-14.03 - Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records. - 161-14.03. Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records....

§ 161-14.1 - Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments. - 161-14.1. Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments. (a) As used...

§ 161-14.2 - Indexing procedures for instruments and documents filed in the office of the register of deeds. - 161-14.2. Indexing procedures for instruments and documents filed in the...

§ 161-15 - Certify and register copies. - 161-15. Certify and register copies. When a deed, mortgage, or...

§ 161-16 - Liability for failure to register. - 161-16. Liability for failure to register. In case of his...

§ 161-17 - Papers filed alphabetically. - 161-17. Papers filed alphabetically. The register shall keep in files...

§ 161-18 - Transcribe and index books. - 161-18. Transcribe and index books. The board of county commissioners,...

§ 161-19 - Number of survey in grants registered. - 161-19. Number of survey in grants registered. The register of...

§ 161-20 - Certificate of survey registered. - 161-20. Certificate of survey registered. It shall be the duty...

§ 161-21 - General index kept. - 161-21. General index kept. The board of county commissioners shall,...

§ 161-22 - Index of registered instruments. - 161-22. Index of registered instruments. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

§ 161-22.1 - Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land. - 161-22.1. Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land....

§ 161-22.2 - Parcel identifier number indexes. - 161-22.2. Parcel identifier number indexes. (a) In lieu of the...

§ 161-22.3 - Minimum standards for land records management. - 161-22.3. Minimum standards for land records management. In addition to...

§ 161-23 - Clerk to board of commissioners. - 161-23. Clerk to board of commissioners. The register of deeds,...

§ 161-26 - Duties unperformed at expiration of term. - 161-26. Duties unperformed at expiration of term. Whenever, upon the...

§ 161-27 - Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty. - 161-27. Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty. (a)...

§ 161-28 - Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds. - 161-28. Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of...

§ 161-29 - Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds. - 161-29. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds...

§ 161-29.1 - Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office. - 161-29.1. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds...

§ 161-30 - Modernization of land records. - 161-30. Modernization of land records. (a) The county commissioners of...

§ 161-31 - Tax certification. - 161-31. Tax certification. (a) Tax Certification. - The board of...

Article 3 - Registers of Deeds' Supplemental Pension Fund Act of 1987.

§ 161-50 - Short title and purpose. - 161-50. Short title and purpose. (a) This Article shall be...

§ 161-50.1 - Scope. - 161-50.1. Scope. (a) This Article provides supplemental pension benefits for...

§ 161-50.2 - Assets. - 161-50.2. Assets. (a) On and after October 1, 1987, each...

§ 161-50.3 - Disbursements. - 161-50.3. Disbursements. (a) Immediately following July 1, 1988, the Department...

§ 161-50.4 - Eligibility. - 161-50.4. Eligibility. (a) Each county register of deeds who has...

§ 161-50.5 - Benefits. - 161-50.5. Benefits. (a) An eligible retired register of deeds shall...