§ 146-47. Change of county line before grant issued or registered. - North Carolina Statutes

§146‑47.  Change of county line before grant issued or registered.

All grants issued on entriesfor lands which were entered in one county, and before the issuing of thegrants therefor or the registration of the grants, by the change of formercounty lines or the establishment of new lines, the lands so entered wereplaced in a county or in counties different from that in which they weresituated, and the grants were registered in the county where the entries weremade, shall be good and valid, and the registration of the grant shall have thesame force and effect as if they had been registered in the county where thelands were situated. All persons claiming under and by such grants may havethem, or a certified copy of the same, from the office of the Secretary ofState, or from the office of the register of deeds when they had beenerroneously registered, recorded in the office of the register of deeds of thecounty or counties where the lands lie, and such registration shall have thesame force and effect as if the grants had been duly registered in such countyor counties. (1897, c. 37; Rev., s. 1736; C.S., s. 7585; G.S., s.146‑55; 1959, c. 683, s. 1.)