§ 47-107. Validation of probate and registration of certain instruments where name of grantor omitted from record. - North Carolina Statutes

§47‑107.  Validation of probate and registration of certain instrumentswhere name of grantor omitted from record.

Whenever any deed, deed oftrust, conveyance or other instrument permitted by law to be registered in thisState has been registered for a period of 21 years or more and a clerk of thesuperior court or a register of deeds has adjudged the certificate of theofficer before whom the acknowledgment was taken to be in due form and correctand has ordered the instrument to be recorded, but the name of a grantor whichappears in the body of the instrument and as a signer of the instrument hasbeen omitted from the record of the certificate of the officer before whom theacknowledgment was taken, such deed, deed of trust, conveyance or other instrumentshall be conclusively presumed to have been duly acknowledged, probated andrecorded; provided this presumption shall not affect litigation institutedwithin 21 years after date of registration. (1941, c. 30; 1971, c. 825.)