GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	3 

SENATE BILL 473
Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 4/23/91
Third Edition Engrossed 4/29/91

Short Title:  Validate Judgments.	(Public)
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April 3, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REPEAL G.S. 47-8, TO PROTECT THE EFFICACY OF CERTAIN JUDGMENTS ENTERED IN RELIANCE UPON DOCUMENTS NOTARIZED BY ATTORNEYS AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN ACTS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 47-8 is repealed.
Sec. 1.1.  Final judgments otherwise proper, entered in actions or proceedings in which the complaints or any other documents were verified in violation of G.S. 47-8 shall not be void or voidable.
Sec. 2.  Chapter 10 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 10-18.  Acts of notaries concerning certain deeds of trust validated.
All deeds of trust recorded prior to January 1, 1991 in which the notary public was named in the document as a trustee only are hereby validated."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.