§ 47-50. Order of registration omitted.
§47‑50. Order of registration omitted.
In all cases prior to December31, 1992, where it appears from the records of the office of the register ofdeeds of any county in this State that the execution of a deed of conveyance orother instrument by law required or authorized to be registered was duly signedand acknowledged as required by the laws of the State of North Carolina, andthe clerk of the superior court of such county or other officer authorized topass upon acknowledgments and to order registration of instruments has failedeither to adjudge the correctness of the acknowledgment or to order theregistration thereof, or both, such registrations are hereby validated and theinstrument so appearing in the office of the register of deeds of such countyshall be effective to the same extent as if the clerk or other authorizedofficer had properly adjudged the correctness of the acknowledgment and hadordered the registration of the instrument. (1911, cc. 91, 166; 1913, c.61; Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 73; 1915, c. 179, s. 1; C.S., s. 3332; 1941, cc. 187,229; 1949, c. 493; 1957, c. 314; 1961, c. 79; 1981, c. 812; 1993, c. 80, s. 1.)