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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) No deed, contract, conveyance, leasehold or other instrument executed since the seventh day of November, 1944, shall be declared invalid because of the failure to take the private 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, which is in all other respects regular except for the failure to take the private examination of a married woman who is a party to such deed, contract, conveyance, lease or other instrument is hereby validated and confirmed to the same extent as if such private examination had been taken, provided that this section shall not apply to any instruments now involved in any pending litigation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 39. Conveyances § 39-13.1. Validation of certain deeds, etc., executed by married women without private examination - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-39-conveyances/nc-gen-st-sect-39-13-1/
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