{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-468","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-468","heading":"Filing of documents with the registry.","body":"(a)\tWhen the Secretary of State receives a document that may be filed with the registry pursuant to this Article, the Secretary shall create a digital reproduction of that document and enter the reproduced document into the registry database. The Secretary is not required to review a document to ensure that it complies with the particular statutory requirements applicable to the document. Each document entered into the registry database shall be assigned a unique file number and password.\n(b)\tUpon entering the reproduced document into the registry database, the Secretary shall return the original document and a wallet-size card containing the document's file number and password to the person who submitted the document.\n(c)\tWhen the Secretary of State receives a revocation of a document that is filed with the registry and that document's file number and password, or a request to remove that document from the registry without its revocation, the Secretary shall delete that document from the registry database.\n(d)\tThe Secretary of State's entry of a document into, or removal of a document from, the registry database does not do any of the following:\n(1)\tAffect the validity of the document in whole or in part.\n(2)\tRelate to the accuracy of information contained in the document.\n(3)\tCreate a presumption regarding the validity of the document, regarding the accuracy of information contained in the document, or that the statutory requirements for the document have been met. (2001-455, s. 1; 2001-513, s. 30(b); 2007-502, s. 16.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 21. Advance Health Care Directive Registry."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-468.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"2f7c814d7947f7a764127607546aff23db0314f1c95d9fb760925c5ed5f1f676","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-467","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-469"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}