A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide an alternative mortgage satisfaction form that allows a secured creditor to indicate that the underlying obligation has been extinguished.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 45‑36.11 reads as rewritten:
"§ 45‑36.11.  Satisfaction: form.
(a)	Standard Form. – No particular phrasing is required for a satisfaction of a security instrument. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of G.S. 45‑36.10(a):

'SATISFACTION OF SECURITY INSTRUMENT
(G.S. 45‑36.10; G.S. 45‑37(a)(7))

The undersigned is now the secured creditor in the security instrument identified as follows: 
Type of Security Instrument: (identify type of security instrument, such as deed of trust or mortgage)
Original Grantor(s): (Identify original grantor(s), trustor(s), or mortgagor(s))
Original Secured Party(ies): (Identify the original beneficiary(ies), mortgagee(s), or secured party(ies) in the security instrument)
Recording Data: The security instrument is recorded in Book ____ at Page ____ or as document number ________ in the office of the Register of Deeds for ____________ County, North Carolina.
This satisfaction terminates the effectiveness of the security instrument.
Date: ______________				_____________________________
(Signature of secured creditor)

[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]'
(b)	Alternate Form. – A secured creditor who would like to indicate that the underlying obligation secured by the instrument has been extinguished may use the following form, which, when properly completed, is also sufficient to satisfy the requirements of G.S. 45‑36.10(a):

'SATISFACTION OF SECURITY INSTRUMENT
(G.S. 45‑36.10; G.S. 45‑37(a)(7))

The undersigned is now the secured creditor in the security instrument identified as follows:
Type of Security Instrument: (identify type of security instrument, such as deed of trust or mortgage)
Original Grantor(s): (Identify original grantor(s), trustor(s), or mortgagor(s))
Original Secured Party(ies): (Identify the original beneficiary(ies), mortgagee(s), or secured party(ies) in the security instrument)
Recording Data: The security instrument is recorded in Book ____ at Page ____ or as document number ________ in the office of the Register of Deeds for ____________ County, North Carolina.
This satisfaction terminates the effectiveness of the security instrument and extinguishes the underlying obligation secured by the instrument.
Date: ______________				_____________________________
(Signature of secured creditor)

[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]'".
SECTION 2.  G.S. 45‑36.21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 45‑36.21.  Trustee's satisfaction of deed of trust: form.
(a)	Standard Form. – No particular phrasing is required for a trustee's satisfaction of a deed of trust. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of G.S. 45‑36.20:

'TRUSTEE'S SATISFACTION OF DEED OF TRUST
(G.S. 45‑36.20; G.S. 45‑37(a)(7))

The undersigned is now serving as the trustee or substitute trustee under the terms of the deed of trust identified as follows:
Original Grantor(s): (Identify original grantor(s) or trustor(s))

Original Secured Party(ies): (Identify the original beneficiary(ies) or secured party(ies) in the deed of trust)

Recording Data: The deed of trust is recorded in Book ____ at Page ____ or as document number ________ in the office of the Register of Deeds for __________ County, North Carolina.

This satisfaction terminates the effectiveness of the deed of trust.

Date:______________			_________________________________

(Signature of trustee or substitute trustee)

[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]'
(b)	Alternate Form. – A trustee and secured creditor who would like to indicate that the underlying obligation secured by the deed of trust has been extinguished may use the following form, which, when properly completed, is also sufficient to satisfy the requirements of G.S. 45‑36.20:
'TRUSTEE'S SATISFACTION OF DEED OF TRUST
AND
CREDITOR'S RELEASE
(G.S. 45‑36.20; G.S. 45‑37(a)(7))

The undersigned is now serving as the trustee or substitute trustee under the terms of the deed of trust identified as follows:
Original Grantor(s): (Identify original grantor(s) or trustor(s))

Original Secured Party(ies): (Identify the original beneficiary(ies) or secured party(ies) in the deed of trust)

Recording Data: The deed of trust is recorded in Book ____ at Page ____ or as document number ________ in the office of the Register of Deeds for __________ County, North Carolina.

This satisfaction terminates the effectiveness of the deed of trust.

Date:______________			_________________________________

(Signature of trustee or substitute trustee)

[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]

The obligation secured by the deed of trust has been extinguished.

Date:______________			_________________________________

(Signature of secured creditor)

[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]'".
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2012, and applies to satisfactions filed on or after that date.