{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-36.20","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-36.20","heading":"Trustee's satisfaction of deed of trust: content and effect.","body":"(a)\tUpon recording, a trustee's satisfaction substantially complying with the requirements of this section constitutes a satisfaction of the deed of trust described in the trustee's satisfaction.\n(b)\tThe recording of a trustee's satisfaction does not by itself extinguish any liability of a person for payment or performance of the secured obligation.\n(c)\tThis section applies only if the security instrument is a deed of trust. This section is not exclusive. Deeds of trust may also be satisfied of record by methods other than the filing of a trustee's satisfaction.\n(d)\tDocument is a trustee's satisfaction of a deed of trust if it complies with all of the following:\n(1)\tIdentifies the original parties to the deed of trust, the recording data for the deed of trust, and the office in which the deed of trust is recorded.\n(2)\tStates that the person signing the trustee's satisfaction is then serving as trustee or substitute trustee under the terms of the deed of trust.\n(3)\tContains language terminating the effectiveness of the deed of trust.\n(4)\tIs signed by the trustee or substitute trustee then serving under the terms of the deed of trust and acknowledged as required by law for a conveyance of an interest in real property.\n(e)\tThe register of deeds shall accept for recording a trustee's satisfaction of a deed of trust, unless:\n(1)\tThe trustee's satisfaction is submitted by a method or in a medium not authorized for registration by the register of deeds under applicable law; or\n(2)\tThe trustee's satisfaction is not signed by the trustee or substitute trustee and acknowledged as required by law for a conveyance of an interest in real property. The register of deeds shall not be required to verify or make inquiry concerning (i) the truth of the matters stated in any trustee's satisfaction, or (ii) the authority of the person executing any trustee's satisfaction to do so. (2005-123, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 45. Mortgages and Deeds of Trust.","Article 4. Satisfaction."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_45/GS_45-36.20.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:02:57Z","sha256":"e0661f2fa18031553c6e19c3d332f160514e07b11e7f0d06b876677dc0a79ae6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-36.19","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-36.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}