Chapter 161 - Register of Deeds.

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Chapter 161
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Article 1 - The Office.
G.S. 161-1
§ 161-1. Election and term of office.
G.S. 161-2
§ 161-2. Four-year term for registers of deeds.
G.S. 161-3
§ 161-3. Oath of office.
G.S. 161-4
§ 161-4. Bond required.
G.S. 161-4.1
§ 161-4.1. Salary in counties where fees formerly allowed.
G.S. 161-4.2
§ 161-4.2. Liability insurance for register of deeds.
G.S. 161-5
§ 161-5. Vacancy in office.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-6
§ 161-6. Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority to sign in name of register of deeds; holdover assistants and deputies.
G.S. 161-7
§ 161-7. Office at courthouse.
G.S. 161-8
§ 161-8. Attendance at office.
G.S. 161-9
§ 161-9. Official seal.
G.S. 161-10
§ 161-10. Uniform fees of registers of deeds.
G.S. 161-10.1
§ 161-10.1. Exemption of Armed Forces discharge documents and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans' benefits.
G.S. 161-10.2
§ 161-10.2. Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 80, s. 6.
G.S. 161-11
§ 161-11. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1027.
G.S. 161-11.1
§ 161-11.1. Fees for Children's Trust Fund.
G.S. 161-11.2
§ 161-11.2. Fees for domestic violence centers.
G.S. 161-11.3
§ 161-11.3. Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund.
G.S. 161-11.4
§ 161-11.4: Repealed by Session Laws 2013-225, s. 7(c), effective July 1, 2013.
G.S. 161-11.5
§ 161-11.5. Fees to be remitted to State Treasurer.
G.S. 161-11.6
§ 161-11.6: Repealed by Session Laws 2013-225, s. 7(c), effective July 1, 2013.
Article 2 - The Duties.
G.S. 161-12 through 161-13
§§ 161-12 through 161-13: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1027.
G.S. 161-14
§ 161-14. Registration of instruments.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-14.01
§ 161-14.01. Registration of instruments for business and other purposes.
G.S. 161-14.02
§ 161-14.02. Registration of documents or instruments purporting to impact official birth records.
G.S. 161-14.03
§ 161-14.03. Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records.
G.S. 161-14.1
§ 161-14.1. Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments.
G.S. 161-14.2
§ 161-14.2. Indexing procedures for instruments and documents filed in the office of the register of deeds.
G.S. 161-15
§ 161-15. Certify and register copies.
G.S. 161-16
§ 161-16. Liability for failure to register.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-17
§ 161-17. Papers filed alphabetically.
G.S. 161-18
§ 161-18. Transcribe and index books.
G.S. 161-19
§ 161-19. Number of survey in grants registered.
G.S. 161-20
§ 161-20. Certificate of survey registered.
G.S. 161-21
§ 161-21. General index kept.
G.S. 161-22
§ 161-22. Index of registered instruments.
G.S. 161-22.1
§ 161-22.1. Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land.
G.S. 161-22.2
§ 161-22.2. Parcel identifier number indexes.
G.S. 161-22.3
§ 161-22.3. Minimum standards for land records management.
G.S. 161-23
§ 161-23. Clerk to board of commissioners.
G.S. 161-24
§ 161-24. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 108, s. 99.
G.S. 161-25
§ 161-25. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 803, s. 36.
G.S. 161-26
§ 161-26. Duties unperformed at expiration of term.
G.S. 161-27
§ 161-27. Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty.
G.S. 161-28
§ 161-28. Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds.
G.S. 161-29
§ 161-29. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds.
G.S. 161-29.1
§ 161-29.1. Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office.
G.S. 161-30
§ 161-30. Modernization of land records.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-31
§ 161-31. Tax certification.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-32 through 161-49
§§ 161-32 through 161-49. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 3 - Registers of Deeds' Supplemental Pension Fund Act of 1987.
G.S. 161-50
§ 161-50. Short title and purpose.
G.S. 161-50.1
§ 161-50.1. Scope.
G.S. 161-50.2
§ 161-50.2. Assets.
Modified by:
G.S. 161-50.3
§ 161-50.3. Disbursements.
G.S. 161-50.4
§ 161-50.4. Eligibility.
G.S. 161-50.5
§ 161-50.5. Benefits.