NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 636

HOUSE BILL 837

AN ACT TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BOND ALLOWED FOR REGISTERS OF DEEDS FROM TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO REQUIRE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 161-4(a) is rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:

"(a)       Every register of deeds shall give bond with sufficient surety, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in a sum of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable to the State, and conditioned for the safekeeping of the books and records, and for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 December 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1969.