GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 240

SENATE BILL 637

 

AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN LAND TAKING IN THE TOWN OF TAYLORSVILLE, ALEXANDER COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  In the absence of any contracts with the Town of Taylorsville, Alexander County, in relation to the lands used or occupied by it for the purpose of streets, sidewalks, alleys, or other public works of the Town, signed by the owner or his agent, it shall be presumed that the land has been granted to the Town by the owner or owners, and the Town shall have good right and title to that land, and shall have, hold, and enjoy the same.  Unless the owner or owners of the land, or those claiming under the owner or owners of the land make claim or demand for compensation within two years of the taking of the land or within two years of the ratification of this act, whichever is later, he, or they, shall be deemed to have waived his or their right to compensation and shall be forever barred from recovering the land, or having any compensation for the land.

Sec. 2.  This act applies to the Town of Taylorsville only.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 1989.