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North Carolina Document
Recording Standards |
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(Effective 7-1- 2002)
Documents recorded on or after July 1,
2002, must meet GS 161-14(b) as follows:
1. Be 8-1/2 X 11 or 8-1/2 X 14
2. Have a 3 inch blank margin at
top of first page and 1/2 inch blank
margin on
remaining
sides of first page and on all sides of
subsequent pages.
3. Black type on white paper.
4. Font size no smaller than 9
points (Blanks in an instrument may be
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Director:
Annie F. Wilson
Phone:
(252) 794-5309
Fax:
(252) 794-5374
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in pen and corrections to an instrument
may be made in pen.)
5. Only one-sided typed or
printed text.
6.
Type of instrument at top of first page
below blank margin.
If instrument does not meet requirement
outlined above, Register of Deeds shall
register the instrument after collection
a $25.00 fee for non-standard documents
as required by GS 161-10(a) (19). If an
instrument fails to meet the requirement
of font size (less than 10 points), but
is determined by the Registrar that the
instrument is legible, the Register of
Deeds may record without collecting the
non-standard fee charge.
TEMPLATE EXAMPLE
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