NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 45

HOUSE BILL 47

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE TAX SUPERVISORS TO NOTIFY THE STATE ABOUT ALL PROPERTIES LISTED IN THEIR COUNTIES IN THE NAME OF "UNKNOWN OWNER".

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  In order to promote the discovery of "State lands" as defined by G.S. 146-64(6), it shall be the duty of all tax supervisors upon request to furnish the State of North Carolina a report on all properties listed in the name of "unknown owner" pursuant to G.S. 105-302(c)(12) in their respective tax jurisdictions. Such report shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration. The report shall contain all information available to the tax supervisor concerning the location and identification of the properties in question.

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of February, 1979.