North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 47B Real Property Marketable Title Act

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-1.   Declaration of policy and statement of purpose
    It is hereby declared as a matter of public policy by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina that: (1) Land is...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-2.   Marketable record title to estate in real property; 30-year unbroken chain of title of record; effect of marketable title
    (a) Any person having the legal capacity to own real property in this State, who, alone or together with his predecessors in title, shall...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-3.   Exceptions
    Such marketable record title shall not affect or extinguish the following rights: (1) Rights, estates, interests, claims or charges disclosed by and defects inherent...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-4.   Preservation by notice; contents; recording; indexing
    (a) Any person claiming a right, estate, interest or charge which would be extinguished by this Chapter may preserve the same by registering within...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-5.   Extension of time for registering notice of claims which Chapter would otherwise bar
    If the 30-year period specified in this Chapter shall have expired prior to October 1, 1973, no right, estate, interest, claim or charge shall...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-6.   Registering false claim
    No person shall use the privilege of registering notices hereunder for the purpose of asserting false or fictitious claims to real property; and in...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-7.   Limitations of actions and recording acts
    Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-8.   Definitions
    As used in this Chapter: (1) The term "person" denotes singular or plural, natural or corporate, private or governmental, including the State and any...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47B-9.   Chapter to be liberally construed
    This Chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating real property title transactions by allowing persons to rely...

Last modified: March 23, 2014