§ 87-110. Recording requirements for utility owners.
§87‑110. Recording requirements for utility owners.
(a) Each utility ownerhaving underground utilities in North Carolina shall record a notarizeddocument containing the name of the utility owner and the title, address, andtelephone number of its representatives designated to receive the written ororal notice of intent to excavate, with the Register of Deeds of each county inwhich the utility owner owns or operates underground facilities. This documentshall be executed by an officer of the utility owner or in the case of agovernmental entity, the authorized official.
(b) Any change ormodification of the information recorded by a utility owner, pursuant tosubsection (a) of this section, shall be made by recording the correctedinformation with the Register of Deeds of each county to which the change ormodification applies, in the manner required by subsection (a) of this sectionwithin five days of the change made to the utilities.
(c) For purposes of therecordings required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, recordings byan association pursuant to G.S. 87‑109 shall satisfy the recordingrequirements for each utility owner who is a member of the association whilethat utility owner remains a member of the association.
(d) Upon receipt of thedocuments recorded pursuant to subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section,the Register of Deeds shall place the documents in the Grantor's Index underthe heading "Underground Utilities". The registration fee imposed byChapter 161 of the General Statutes shall apply to these documents. (1985,c. 785, s. 1.)