N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-63 (2026)

In all cases when acknowledgment or proof of any conveyance has been taken before a clerk of superior court, magistrate or notary  public, who was at the time a stockholder or officer in any corporation, bank or other institution which was a party to such instrument, the certificates of such clerk, magistrate, or notary public shall be held valid, and are so declared. (Rev., s. 1015; 1907, c. 1003, s. 1; C.S., s. 3345; 1971, c. 1185, s. 16.)