North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 43. Land Registration § 43-13. Manner of registration

(a) The register of deeds shall register and index, as hereinafter provided, the decree of title before mentioned and all subsequent transfers of title, and note all voluntary and involuntary transactions in any wise affecting the title to the land, authorized to be entered thereon in the real property records and indexes. The certificate of title and the entries for voluntary and involuntary transactions shall be indexed on the grantor index in the name “Registered estate no. ․․․․” and on the grantee index in the name of the registered owner. If the title be subject to trust, condition, encumbrance or the like, the words “in trust,” “upon condition,” “subject to encumbrance,” “life estate,” or like appropriate insertion shall indicate the fact and fix any person dealing with such certificate with notice of the particulars of such limitations upon the title as appears upon the registry, and no new or additional certificate number shall be issued in such circumstances. No erasure, alteration, or amendment shall be made upon the registry after entry and issuance of a certificate of title except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) When a voluntary or involuntary transaction is entered on a certificate of title, the certificate with the new entry shall be copied and recorded and indexed in the real property records and indexes. The copied certificate shall be indexed on the grantor index in the name “Registered estate no. ․․․․” and on the grantee index in the name of the registered owner.