NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-13 (2026)

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(a) The register of deeds shall register and index, as hereinafter provided, the decree of title before mentioned and all subsequent transfers of title, and note all voluntary and involuntary transactions in any wise affecting the title to the land, authorized to be entered thereon in the real property records and indexes. The certificate of title and the entries for voluntary and involuntary transactions shall be indexed on the grantor index in the name "Registered estate no. ________" and on the grantee index in the name of the registered owner. If the title be subject to trust, condition, encumbrance or the like, the words "in trust," "upon condition," "subject to encumbrance," "life estate," or like appropriate insertion shall indicate the fact and fix any person dealing with such certificate with notice of the particulars of such limitations upon the title as appears upon the registry, and no new or additional certificate number shall be issued in such circumstances. No erasure, alteration, or amendment shall be made upon the registry after entry and issuance of a certificate of title except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) When a voluntary or involuntary transaction is entered on a certificate of title, the certificate with the new entry shall be copied and recorded and indexed in the real property records and indexes. The copied certificate shall be indexed on the grantor index in the name "Registered estate no. ________" and on the grantee index in the name of the registered owner. (1913, c. 90, s. 10; 1919, c. 236, s. 1; C.S., s. 2389; 1999-59, s. 2.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1998 · leading case: State v. Johnson, 179 S.E.2d 371 (N.C. 1971).

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State v. Johnson, 179 S.E.2d 371 (N.C. 1971). · cites it 3× “G.S. § 43-13. Upon the registration of such decree, the register of deeds is directed to issue an "owner's certificate of title", the form of which is prescribed, bearing a number which is retained as long as the boundaries of the land remain unchanged.”

Haw River Land v. Lawyers Title Insur (4th Cir. 1998). “Stated otherwise, the risk transferred to the insurance company by the policy is the risk of not conducting an adequate title search among the records estab- lished by the state for searching titles to real property. North Carolina law requires that the county commissioners of…”

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