NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 386

HOUSE BILL 531

AN ACT AMENDING G. S. 2-26 RELATING TO FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF BURKE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 2-26 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided that in Burke County the Clerk of Superior Court shall charge the following fees:

(1)       Probate and recording of last will and testament, $5.00;

(2)       Copies of last will and testament prepared and certified to by clerk, $5.00;

(3)       Copies of last will and testament prepared by attorneys and certified to by clerk, $1.00;

(4)       Auditing and recording of inventories and annual accountings of guardians, executors and administrators, $2.00 per legal page but not less than $3.00 per inventory or annual accounting;

(5)       Auditing and recording of final accountings, $2.00 per legal page plus such additional percentage-based fees as is now provided by G. S. 2-26, not to exceed $50.00;

(6)       Probate of deeds, deeds of trust, agreements, sales contracts, chattel mortgages and any and all other instruments, $.25 per name or certificate;

(7)       Recording special proceedings, $2.00 per legal sheet but not less than $10.00 for any one special proceeding, which fee shall include the fee for all orders entered therein;

(8)       In all cases tried by jury, $10.00. For any service not covered by the foregoing subdivision, the Clerk of Superior Court of Burke County shall charge the same fees as are fixed by G. S. 2-26."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1959.