NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 40

HOUSE BILL 203

 

 

AN ACT TO VALIDATE CORPORATE DEEDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1977.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  In all cases where a deed, deed of trust or other document executed by a corporation is permitted or required by law to be recorded and said deed, deed of trust or document was properly executed, acknowledged and recorded before January 1, 1977, except the acknowledgment of the officer or officers of the corporation was taken in their individual capacity rather than in their capacity as officers of said corporation, said deed, deed of trust or other document shall be construed to be a deed, deed of trust or other document of the same force and effect as if said acknowledgment was in every way proper.

Sec. 2.  This act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of March, 1977.