{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-51","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-51","heading":"Official deeds omitting seals.","body":"All deeds executed prior to April 1, 2021, by any sheriff, commissioner, receiver, executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, or other officer authorized to execute a deed by virtue of office or appointment, in which the officer has omitted to affix a seal after the officer's signature, are not invalid on account of the omission of the seal. (1907, c. 807; 1917, c. 69, s. 1; C.S., s. 3333; Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 64; 1941, c. 13; 1955, c. 467, ss. 1, 2; 1959, c. 408; 1971, c. 14; 1973, c. 1207, s. 1; 1983, c. 398, s. 2; 1985, c. 70, s. 2; 1987, c. 277, s. 2; 1989, c. 390, s. 2; 1991, c. 489, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.21; 2021-91, s. 4(e).)","path":["Chapter 47. Probate and Registration.","Article 4. Curative Statutes; Acknowledgments; Probates; Registration."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-51.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:03:17Z","sha256":"7df5f8fedfdff3a705123f977926e1841980a7e65ef23a37109e478f39ab96a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-50.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}