§ 31-21. Validation of wills heretofore certified and recorded. - North Carolina Statutes

§31‑21.  Validation of wills heretofore certified and recorded.

All wills which have prior toMarch 9, 1921, been certified and recorded in the office of the clerk of thesuperior court of any county, substantially following the provisions of G.S. 31‑20are hereby validated and approved as to the conveyance and transfer of anytitle to real estate as contained therein, to the same extent as if said willshad originally been probated and filed in said county, and the clerk of thesuperior court of said county had had jurisdiction to probate the same,provided the probates and witnesses to the said wills are sufficient andaccording to law. (1921, c. 108, s. 2; C.S., s. 4146(a).)