GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 455

Short Title:  Map Filings.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Hartsell.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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March 3, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION TO REQUIRE THAT MAPS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS MUST HAVE A SURVEYOR'S ORIGINAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL IN ORDER TO BE RELIED UPON AND THAT ALL OTHER MAPS MUST CONTAIN A CAUTIONARY LEGEND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 47-30(m) reads as rewritten:
"(m)	Except as provided in subsection (n), any map submitted for inclusion on the public record, whether submitted alone or attached to a deed or other instrument, shall be prepared by a registered land surveyor. Such a map shall either (i) have an original personal signature and original seal as approved by the North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors or (ii) be a copy of a map, already on file in the public record, that is certified by the custodian of the public record to be a true and accurate copy of a map bearing an original personal signature and original seal.  The presence of the original personal signature and seal shall constitute a certification that the map conforms to the standards of practice for land surveying in North Carolina, as defined in the rules of the North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.  "
Sec. 2.  G.S 47-30 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( n)	A map that does not meet the requirements of subsection (m) of this section may be attached to a deed or other instrument submitted for inclusion in the public record only for illustrative purposes and only if the map is conspicuously labelled, 'THIS MAP IS NOT A CERTIFIED SURVEY AND NO RELIANCE MAY BE PLACED IN ITS ACCURACY.'"
Sec. 3.  G.S. 89C-26 reads as rewritten:
"§ 89C-26. Duties of register of deeds.
The register of deeds or any other county or proper public authority may not file or record any map, plat, survey, or other documents, within the definition of land surveying, which do not contain an original personal signature and original seal of a registered land  surveyor by whom, or under whose responsible charge, the map, plat, survey, or other documents were prepared, except as provided in G.S. 47-30(m)	and (n)."
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993.