GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 1661

Short Title:  Registration by Initial.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Buchanan.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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June 22, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE REGISTRATION OF INSTRUMENTS SIGNED IN THE NAME OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS BY THE REGISTER'S ASSISTANT OR DEPUTY AND INITIALED BY THE ASSISTANT OR DEPUTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 4 of Chapter 47 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 47-54.1. Registration by register's assistants or deputies.
All registrations of instruments heretofore made in the office of register of deeds of the several counties by the register's assistant or deputy, and signed in the name of the register of deeds by the assistant or deputy, and initialed by the assistant or deputy, instead of being signed by them as assistant or deputy, when such registrations are in all other respects regular, are hereby validated and declared to be of the same force and effect as if signed by the assistant or deputy in the respective capacity."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.