§ 39-13.3. Conveyances between husband and wife. - North Carolina Statutes

§39‑13.3.  Conveyances between husband and wife.

(a)        A conveyance from ahusband or wife to the other spouse of real property or any interest thereinowned by the grantor alone vests such property or interest in the grantee.

(b)        A conveyance ofreal property, or any interest therein, by a husband or a wife to such husbandand wife vests the same in the husband and wife as tenants by the entiretyunless a contrary intention is expressed in the conveyance.

(c)        A conveyance from ahusband or a wife to the other spouse of real property, or any interesttherein, held by such husband and wife  as tenants by the entirety dissolvessuch tenancy in the property or interest conveyed and vests such property orinterest formerly held by the entirety in the grantee.

(d)        The joinder of thespouse of the grantor in any conveyance made by a husband or a wife pursuant tothe foregoing provisions of this section is not necessary.

(e)        Any conveyanceauthorized by this section is subject to the provisions of G.S. 52‑10 or52‑10.1, except that acknowledgment by the spouse of the grantor is notnecessary. (1957, c. 598, s. 1; 1965, c. 878, s. 3; 1977, c. 375,s. 9.)