GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 80
HOUSE BILL 131

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE COVERAGE OF THE CURATIVE STATUTE FOR DEEDS OMITTING THE ORDER OF REGISTRATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 47-50 reads as rewritten:
"§ 47-50.  Order of registration omitted.
In all cases prior to December 31, 1992, where it appears from the records of the office of the register of deeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance or other instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signed and acknowledged as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, and the clerk of the superior court of such county or other officer authorized to pass upon acknowledgments and to order registration of instruments has failed either to adjudge the correctness of the acknowledgment or to order the registration thereof, or both, such registrations are hereby validated and the instrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of such county shall be effective to the same extent as if the clerk or other authorized officer had properly adjudged the correctness of the acknowledgment and had ordered the registration of the instrument."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification, but does not affect litigation pending on that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of May, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives