Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 247
                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                               Mar 1, 2023
                                      SESSION 2023                                       HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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                                    HOUSE BILL DRH40136-MC-79
     Short Title:   Avery/Crossnore Deed Record./Delinquent Taxes.                                 (Local)
     Sponsors:      Representative Greene.
     Referred to:
                                    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF AVERY COUNTY TO REFUSE
    RECORDATION OF A DEED FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DELINQUENT
    MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE TOWN OF CROSSNORE.
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
            SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 305 of the 1963 Session Laws, as amended by
 S.L. 1997-410, S.L. 1998-73, S.L. 2010-51, and S.L. 2014-69, reads as rewritten:
    "Section 1. The Register of Deeds of Avery County shall not receive for recordation any
 deed unless the following conditions are met:
            (1)     The deed is accompanied by a certificate from the Avery County Tax
                    Collector to the effect that all delinquent county taxes and all delinquent taxes
                    for municipalities for which the county collects taxes have been paid with
                    respect to the property described in the deed.
            (2)     If the property described in the deed is located in whole or in part in the Town
                    of Newland, the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the tax collector
                    for the town to the effect that all delinquent municipal taxes have been paid
                    with respect to the property.
            (3)     If the property described in the deed is located in whole or in part in the Town
                    of Banner Elk, the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the tax collector
                    for the town to the effect that all delinquent municipal taxes have been paid
                    with respect to the property.
            (4)     If the property described in the deed is located in whole or in part in the Village
                    of Sugar Mountain, the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the tax
                    collector for the village to the effect that all delinquent municipal taxes have
                    been paid with respect to the property.
            (5)     If the property described in the deed is located in whole or in part in the Town
                    of Elk Park, the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the tax collector for
                    the town to the effect that all delinquent municipal taxes have been paid with
                    respect to the property.
            (6)     If the property described in the deed is located in whole or in part in the Town
                    of Crossnore, the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the tax collector
                    for the town to the effect that all delinquent municipal taxes have been paid
                    with respect to the property."
            SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
                                     *DRH40136-MC-79*