§ 39-13.1. Validation of certain deeds, etc., executed by married women without private examination. - North Carolina Statutes

§39‑13.1.  Validation of certain deeds, etc., executed by married womenwithout private examination.

(a)        No deed, contract,conveyance, leasehold or other instrument executed since the seventh day ofNovember, 1944, shall be declared invalid because of the failure to take theprivate examination of any married woman who was a party to such deed,contract, conveyance, leasehold or other instrument.

(b)        Any deed, contract,conveyance, lease or other instrument executed prior to February 7, 1945, whichis in all other respects regular except for the failure to take the privateexamination of a married woman who is a party to such deed, contract,conveyance, lease or other instrument is hereby validated and confirmed to thesame extent as if such private examination had been taken, provided that thissection shall not apply to any instruments now involved in any pendinglitigation. (1945, c. 73, s. 21 1/2; 1969, c. 1008, s. 1.)