{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-43.4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-43.4","heading":"Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of subscribing witness.","body":"When the execution of an instrument is proved by proof of the signature of a subscribing witness as provided by G.S. 47-12.1, the certificate required by G.S. 47-13.1 shall be in substantially the following form:\nSTATE OF________________________________________\n(Name of state)\n_________________________________________ COUNTY\nI, ____________________________, a ______________________________________\n(Name of officer taking proof)\t(Official title of officer taking proof)\nof ___________________ COUNTY, _______________________________, certify that\n(Name of state)\n____________________________________ personally appeared before me this day, and\n(Name of person familiar with\nhandwriting of subscribing witness)\nbeing duly sworn, stated that he knows the handwriting of ________________________,\n(Name of subscribing witness)\nand that the signature of __________________________ as a subscribing witness to the\n(Name of subscribing witness)\nforegoing instrument is the signature of _______________________________________\n(Name of subscribing witness)\nWITNESS my hand and official seal, this the ____ day of ______________, ________\n(Month)\t(Year)\n(Signature of officer taking proof)\n(Official title of officer taking proof)\nMy commission expires _________________________________________________\n(Date of expiration of officer's commission)\n(1951, c. 379, s. 3; 1999-456, s. 59.)","path":["Chapter 47. Probate and Registration.","Article 3. Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-43.4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:03:17Z","sha256":"59b6e4c7f7317a51d1ce93a1955781f22075fb1420cc50edc00e8be68a4c9485","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-43.3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}