Chapter 161

48 published sections.

Article 1 - The Office

N.C.G.S. § 161-1 — Election and term of office.
N.C.G.S. § 161-2 — Four-year term for registers of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-3 — Oath of office.
N.C.G.S. § 161-4 — Bond required.
N.C.G.S. § 161-4.1 — Salary in counties where fees formerly allowed.
N.C.G.S. § 161-4.2 — Liability insurance for register of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-5 — Vacancy in office.
N.C.G.S. § 161-6 — Appointment of assistant and deputy registers of deeds; authority to sign in name of register of deeds; holdover assistants and deputies.
N.C.G.S. § 161-7 — Office at courthouse.
N.C.G.S. § 161-8 — Attendance at office.
N.C.G.S. § 161-9 — Official seal.
N.C.G.S. § 161-10 — Uniform fees of registers of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-10.1 — Exemption of Armed Forces discharge documents and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans' benefits.
N.C.G.S. § 161-11.1 — Fees for Children's Trust Fund.
N.C.G.S. § 161-11.2 — Fees for domestic violence centers.
N.C.G.S. § 161-11.3 — Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund.
N.C.G.S. § 161-11.5 — Fees to be remitted to State Treasurer.

Article 2 - The Duties

N.C.G.S. § 161-14 — Registration of instruments.
N.C.G.S. § 161-14.01 — Registration of instruments for business and other purposes.
N.C.G.S. § 161-14.1 — Recording subsequent entries as separate instruments.
N.C.G.S. § 161-14.02 — Registration of documents or instruments purporting to impact official birth records.
N.C.G.S. § 161-14.2 — Indexing procedures for instruments and documents filed in the office of the register of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-14.03 — Registration of documents purporting to impact official marriage records.
N.C.G.S. § 161-15 — Certify and register copies.
N.C.G.S. § 161-16 — Liability for failure to register.
N.C.G.S. § 161-17 — Papers filed alphabetically.
N.C.G.S. § 161-18 — Transcribe and index books.
N.C.G.S. § 161-19 — Number of survey in grants registered.
N.C.G.S. § 161-20 — Certificate of survey registered.
N.C.G.S. § 161-21 — General index kept.
N.C.G.S. § 161-22 — Index of registered instruments.
N.C.G.S. § 161-22.1 — Index and cross-index of immediate prior owners of land.
N.C.G.S. § 161-22.2 — Parcel identifier number indexes.
N.C.G.S. § 161-22.3 — Minimum standards for land records management.
N.C.G.S. § 161-23 — Clerk to board of commissioners.
N.C.G.S. § 161-26 — Duties unperformed at expiration of term.
N.C.G.S. § 161-27 — Register of deeds failing to discharge duties; penalty.
N.C.G.S. § 161-28 — Validation of acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed pending filling of vacancy in office of register of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-29 — Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds in failing to execute instruments in the name of the register of deeds.
N.C.G.S. § 161-29.1 — Validating acts of assistant and deputy registers of deeds performed before they were sworn into office.
N.C.G.S. § 161-30 — Modernization of land records.
N.C.G.S. § 161-31 — Tax certification.

Article 3 - Registers of Deeds' Supplemental Pension Fund Act of 1987

N.C.G.S. § 161-50 — Short title and purpose.
N.C.G.S. § 161-50.1 — Scope.
N.C.G.S. § 161-50.2 — Assets.
N.C.G.S. § 161-50.3 — Disbursements.
N.C.G.S. § 161-50.4 — Eligibility.
N.C.G.S. § 161-50.5 — Benefits.