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North Carolina power of attorney requirements.
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Requirements at a glance
Recording your North Carolina POA
North Carolina requires the power of attorney, or a certified copy, to be registered with the register of deeds of the county where the principal is domiciled or where the property lies before the agent transfers real property (N.C. Gen. Stat. §47-28(a)(1)). A failure to register does not affect the validity of the transfer but is an infraction (§47-28(a)(4)), and a later registration relates back to the transfer (§47-28(b)).
The recording office is the register of deeds in the county where the principal is domiciled or where the property lies. See N.C. Gen. Stat. §47-28(a) (a power of attorney governed by Chapter 32C, or a certified copy, must be registered with the register of deeds before the agent executes a transfer of real property; if the property lies in more than one county or outside the principal's county of domicile, register in one of them and refer to that book, page, and county in the instrument of transfer, §47-28(a)(2)).
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