§ 47-79. Before deputy clerks of courts of other states. - North Carolina Statutes

§47‑79.  Before deputy clerks of courts of other states.

Where any deed or conveyanceof lands in this State, executed prior to January 1, 1923, has beenacknowledged by the grantor or the privy examination of any married woman hasbeen taken before the deputy clerk of a court of record of any other state, andthe certificate of acknowledgment and privy examination is otherwise sufficientunder the laws of this State, except that it appears to have been signed in thename of the clerk of said court, by the deputy clerk, and the seal of the courthas been affixed thereto, and such certificate has been duly approved by theclerk of the superior court  of this State in the county where the landsconveyed are situated and  the instrument ordered to be recorded, suchcertificate and probate and the registration made thereon are validated, andthe conveyance, if otherwise sufficient, is declared valid. (1913,c. 57, ss. 1, 2; C.S., s. 3360; 1951, c. 1134, s. 1.)