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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
All deeds and conveyances for lands in this State, made by any corporation of this State, which have heretofore been proved or acknowledged before any notary public in any other state, or before any commissioner of deeds and affidavits for the State of North Carolina in any other state, and sealed with the common seal of the corporation and attested by the treasurer, are hereby ratified and declared to be good and valid deeds for all purposes. Where such deeds have been executed for the corporation by its president and attested, sealed and acknowledged or probated as aforesaid, and the acknowledgment or probate has been duly adjudged sufficient by any deputy clerk and ordered registered, the acknowledgment, probate and registration are ratified, and said deed is declared valid. Such deeds, or certified copies thereof, may be used as evidence of title to the lands therein conveyed in the trial of any suits in any of the courts of this State where the title of said lands shall come in controversy.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 47. Probate and Registration § 47-70. By president and attested by treasurer under corporate seal - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-47-probate-and-registration/nc-gen-st-sect-47-70/
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