NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1028

HOUSE BILL 934

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 161-9 TO PRESCRIBE THE SIZE AND DESIGN OF THE OFFICIAL SEAL FOR REGISTERS OF DEEDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 161-9 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"The office of register of deeds for every county shall have and use an official seal or stamp, which shall be provided by the county commissioners. The official seal or stamp shall be round, and the size shall not exceed 1-5/8 inches in diameter. Contained thereon shall be the name of the register of deeds, the county and letters 'N.C.', and the words 'Register of Deeds'. The ink used for the official stamp shall be of the reproducible type; provided, that any register of deeds using a non-conforming seal or stamp prior to the effective date of this Act may continue to use such seal or stamp."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1969.