GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 219

HOUSE BILL 346

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN NAMES ARE AFFIXED TO DISCHARGES AND RELEASES OF DEEDS OF TRUST OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS THE NAMES BE PRINTED OR TYPED SO AS TO BE LEGIBLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 45-37 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(f)      Whenever this section requires a signature or endorsement, that signature or endorsement shall be followed by the name of the person signing or endorsing the document printed, stamped, or typed so as to be clearly legible. The register of deeds may refuse to accept any document when the provisions of this subsection have not been met."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1985.