GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 395

Short Title:  Record Certified Copy.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Redwine; Hill and Nichols.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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March 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING THE RECORDING OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 8-20 is repealed.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 47-31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 47-31. Certified copies may be registered; used as evidence.
A duly certified copy of any deed or writing required or allowed to be registered may be registered in any county without further certification pursuant to G.S. 47-14; and the registered or duly certified copy of any deed or writing when registered in the county where the land is situate may be given in evidence in any court of the State."
Sec. 3.  Instruments registered pursuant to G.S. 47-31 prior to the effective date of this act that were not further certified pursuant to G.S. 47-14 at the time of registration are hereby validated.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.