NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 171

HOUSE BILL 238

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 728 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF THE 1953 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RELATING TO THE SCHEDULE OF FEES TO BE CHARGED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MCDOWELL COUNTY, AND RELATING TO FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE SHERIFF OF MCDOWELL COUNTY FOR SERVICE OF SUMMONSES AND SUBPOENAES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section I of Article II of Chapter 728 of the Session Laws of 1953 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. The Register of Deeds of McDowell County shall charge and collect the following fees for recording, indexing and cross-indexing deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages and other instruments and papers:

(a)       For the registration and recordation of chattel mortgages and conditional sales contracts the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for the first page, and the sum of fifty cents (50¢) for each additional page.

(b)       For the registration and recordation of real estate deed, option, affidavit, contract and other instrument required to be recorded, the sum of two dollars ($2.00) for the first three pages thereof, plus fifty cents (50¢) for each additional page.

(c)       For the registration and recordation of any deed of trust, mortgage, or chattel deed of trust, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for the first four pages, plus fifty cents (50¢) for each additional page.

(d)       For the registration and recordation of any map the sum of three dollars ($3.00) for the first page thereof, and the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each additional page.

(e)       For the issuance of each certified birth certificate or each certified death certificate a sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each such instrument, which shall include the use of the seal of the register of deeds in certifying to the authenticity or correctness of such instrument or instruments.

(f)        For the issuance of a marriage license, the sum of five dollars ($5.00).

(g)       For the use of the seal of the Register of Deeds of McDowell County in certifying the authenticity or correctness of any copy of any instrument recorded in the office of the register of deeds, the sum of fifty cents (50¢) for each such certification.

(h)       For the reproduction of documents, or preparation of copies of originals of instruments recorded in the office of the register of deeds, the same fee as the fee originally charged for the cost of registration and recordation, when such reproductions or copies are prepared in the office of the register of deeds.

(i)        A page referred to in this Article shall be a photostatic or photographic page or fraction thereof.

(j)        All fees not specifically provided for in this Article shall be the same as provided for by the General Statutes of North Carolina."

Sec. 2. Section 1 of Article III of Chapter 728 of the Session Laws of 1953 is hereby amended by striking immediately following the comma after the word "proceedings" and immediately preceding the word "for", in line 2 of the second paragraph of Section 1, the words and figures "one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50)", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "two dollars ($2.00)".

Sec. 3. Section 1 of Article III of Chapter 728 of the 1953 Session Laws is further amended by striking immediately following the comma after the word "witness", in line 7 of the second paragraph of Section 1, and immediately preceding the semicolon before the word "for" in line 8 of said paragraph, the words and figures "fifty cents (50¢)", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "seventy-five cents (75¢)".

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of April, 1963.