§ 146-57. Time for registering grants and other instruments extended. - North Carolina Statutes

§146‑57.  Time for registering grants and other instruments extended.

The time is hereby extendeduntil September 1, 1926, for the proving and registering of all deeds of gift,grants from the State, or other instruments of writing heretofore executed andwhich are permitted or required by law to be registered, and which were or arerequired to be proved and registered within a limited time from the date oftheir execution; and all such instruments which have heretofore been or may beprobated and registered before the expiration of the period herein limitedshall be held and deemed, from and after the date of such registration, to havebeen probated and registered in due time, if proved in due form, andregistration thereof be in other respects valid: Provided that nothing in thissection shall be held or deemed to validate or attempt to validate or giveeffect to any informal instrument; and provided further that this section shallnot affect pending litigation: Provided further that nothing herein containedshall be held deemed to place any limitation upon the time allowed for theregistration of any instrument where no such limit is now fixed by law. (Ex.Sess. 1924, c. 20; G.S., s. 146‑ 64; 1959, c. 683, s. 1.)