{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-46.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-46.2","heading":"Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.","body":"No particular phrasing is required for a certification of satisfaction pursuant to G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, or for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10. The following form, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements (i) for a certificate of satisfaction under G.S. 45-37(a)(6) as it was in effect prior to October 1, 2005, and (ii) for a satisfaction of a security instrument under G.S. 45-36.10 when signed and acknowledged by the secured creditor:\nCERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION\nNorth Carolina, ____________ County.\nI, ____________ (name of owner of the note or other indebtedness secured by the deed of trust or mortgage), certify that I am the owner of the indebtedness secured by the hereafter described deed of trust or mortgage and that the debt or other obligation in the amount of __________ secured by the (deed of trust)(mortgage)(other instrument) executed by ____________ (grantor)(mortgagor),\n____________ (trustee)(leave blank if mortgage), and ______________ (beneficiary)(mortgagee), and recorded in __________ County at ______ (book and page) was satisfied on ____________ (date of satisfaction). I request that this certificate of satisfaction be recorded and the above-referenced security instrument be canceled of record.\n(Signature of owner of note)\n[Acknowledgment before officer authorized to take acknowledgments]. (1995, c. 292, s. 3; 2005-123, s. 5; 2006-226, s. 27(a); 2006-264, s. 82(a).)","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_47-46.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:03:17Z","sha256":"417dcbd9cc69b7282bd5a1065a8f7a40eccd4a50dff91f8a45ce127f00e91b9b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-46.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-46.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}