{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-161-2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 161-2","heading":"Four-year term for registers of deeds.","body":"A register of deeds shall be elected in each county of the State by the qualified voters of the county. The register of deeds shall serve for a term of four years beginning on the first Monday in December after the election and until a successor register of deeds is elected and qualified. (1935, cc. 362, 392, 462; 1937, c. 271; 1939, cc. 11, 99; 1941, c. 192; 1949, cc. 756, 830; 1957, c. 1022, s. 2; 1973, c. 215, s. 1; 1991, c. 60, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 161. Register of Deeds.","Article 1. The Office."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_161/GS_161-2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:02Z","sha256":"5142c676ae43fd8b41ae95844371df6aa9ab41ced0acba04082a298aac5d0218","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-161-1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-161-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}