GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 543
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 47-8 is repealed.
Sec. 2. Article 1 of Chapter 47 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 47-8.1. Certain documents verified by attorneys validated.
Final judgments otherwise proper, entered in actions or proceedings in which the complaints or any other documents were verified in violation of G.S. 47-8 prior to its repeal shall not be void or voidable."
Sec. 3. Chapter 10 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 10-18. Acts of notaries concerning certain deeds of trust validated.
All deeds of trust recorded prior to January 1, 1991, in which the notary public was named in the document as a trustee only are hereby validated."
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives