A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to simplify the fees charged for registering instruments with a register of deeds in this state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 161‑10 reads as rewritten:
"§ 161‑10.  Uniform fees of registers of deeds.
(a)	Except as otherwise provided in this Article, all fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the county general fund. While performing the duties of the office, the register of deeds shall collect the following fees which shall be uniform throughout the State:
(1)	Instruments in General. – For registering or filing any instrument for which no other provision is made by this section,  the fee shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) for the first 15 pages plus five dollars ($5.00) for each additional page or fraction thereof.
When a subsequent instrument, as defined in G.S. 161‑14.1(a)(3), is presented for registration with reference to more than one original instrument for which recording data are required to be indexed pursuant to G.S. 161‑14.1(b), the fee shall be an additional twenty‑five dollars ($25.00) for each additional reference.When a document is presented for registration that consists of multiple instruments, the fee shall be an additional ten dollars ($10.00) for each additional instrument. A document consists of multiple instruments when it contains two or more instruments with different legal consequences or intent, each of which is separately executed and acknowledged and could be recorded alone.
	 
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SECTION 2.  G.S. 161‑11.4 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 161‑11.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 161‑11.5.  Fees to be remitted to State Treasurer.
Five dollars ($5.00) of the fee collected by the register of deeds for registering an instrument shall be remitted by the register of deeds to the county finance officer, who shall remit the funds to the State Treasurer to be directed and credited as follows: (i) fifty percent (50%) to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to be credited to the Floodplain Mapping Fund established under G.S. 143‑215.56A; (ii) twenty‑five percent (25%) to the Department of Cultural Resources for the purpose of offsetting the costs of the Archives and Records Management Program; and (iii) twenty‑five percent (25%) to the General Fund as nontax revenue. The county finance officer shall remit the funds to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 161‑11.6 is repealed.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2011, and applies to instruments registered on and after that date.