NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-31 (2026)

When whole of land conveyed

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Whenever the whole of any registered estate is transferred or conveyed the same shall be done by a transfer or conveyance attached to the certificate substantially as follows:

The owners (giving the names of the parties owning land described in the certificate) hereby, in consideration of __________________ dollars, sell and convey to the purchaser (giving name of purchaser) the lot or tract of land, as the case may be, described in the certificate of title hereto attached. The transfer shall be indexed on the grantor and grantee indexes in the same manner as deeds are indexed.

The same shall be signed and properly acknowledged by the parties and shall have the full force and effect of a deed in fee simple: Provided, that if the sale shall be in trust, upon condition, with power to sell or other unusual form of conveyance, the same shall be set out in the transfer, and shall be entered upon the consolidated real property records as hereinafter provided; that upon presentation of the transfer, together with the certificate of title, to the register of deeds, the transaction shall be duly noted and registered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, and certificate of title so presented shall be canceled and a new certificate with the same number issued to the purchaser thereof, which new certificate shall fully refer by number and also by name of holder to former certificate just canceled. (1913, c. 90, s. 12; C.S., s. 2405; 1999-59, s. 3; 2000-140, s. 42(c).)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1971–2013 · 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 6× “The sale and transfer, in whole or in part, of registered land is accomplished by the execution and acknowledgment of a paperwriting in the form set out in G.S. § 43-31, which paperwriting has the full force and effect of a deed in fee simple.”

Adams Creek Assocs. v. Davis, 746 S.E.2d 1 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 43-25 and the fact that N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-31 (2011) provides a method for the transfer of title under the Torrens Act, we favor defendants position that Adams Creek’s title is no longer afforded the protections of the Torrens Act following Shedrick’s release pursuant to N.”

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