{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47b-8","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-8","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Chapter:\n(1)\tThe term \"person\" denotes singular or plural, natural or corporate, private or governmental, including the State and any political subdivision or agency thereof, and a partnership, unincorporated association, or other entity capable of owning an interest in real property.\n(2)\tThe term \"title transaction\" means any transaction affecting title to any interest in real property, including but not limited to title by will or descent, title by tax deed, or by trustee's, referee's, commissioner's, guardian's, executor's, administrator's, or sheriff's deed, contract, lease or reservation, or judgment or order of any court, as well as warranty deed, quitclaim deed, or mortgage. (1973, c. 255, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 47B. Real Property Marketable Title Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47B/GS_47B-8.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:03:27Z","sha256":"2c9f8ee7a8598880c8ac85290e6c8539895dd16316b4793c5be2b2bf3e9077ba","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47b-7","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-47b-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}