NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 191

HOUSE BILL 399

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 161-6, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ASSISTANT AND DEPUTY REGISTERS OF DEEDS

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 161-6 is hereby rewritten to read as follows: Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority to sign in name of register of deeds. The registers of deeds of the several counties are hereby authorized to appoint one or more assistant registers of deeds and one or more deputy registers of deeds, whose acts as assistants or deputies shall be valid and for which the registers of deeds shall be officially responsible. The certificate of appointment of an assistant or deputy shall be filed by the appointing register of deeds in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, who shall record the same.

Each assistant and deputy register of deeds so appointed shall be authorized, in addition to his other powers and duties, to register and sign instruments and documents in the name and under the title of the appointing register of deeds, by himself as assistant or deputy, as appropriate. Such signing shall be substantially as follows:

John Doe, Register of Deeds

by Richard Roe, Assistant (or Deputy, as appropriate).

Such registering and signing, when regular and sufficient in all other respects, shall be valid for all purposes, and of the same force and effect as if the instrument or document had been registered and signed by the register of deeds personally.

Wherever in the General Statutes reference is made to "the register of deeds and (or) his assistant" or "the register of deeds and (or) his deputy" or words substantially to this effect, or reference is made only to "the assistant register of deeds" or "the deputy register of deeds", such reference to either assistant or deputy, unless the contrary intent is specifically stated in the text, shall also include the other, insofar as such reference pertains to the authority, powers, duties, rights, privileges, or qualifications for office of assistant or deputy register of deeds.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1963.