(A) Each county auditor may keep a record of all sales or conveyances of real property made in the county, in which he shall enter, in columns, the names of the purchaser and seller, the quantity of land conveyed and the location and price of such land, and from such record he shall correct the county duplicates annually. For the purpose of carrying out this provision, the clerk of courts or register of deeds of each county shall have the endorsement of the county auditor on each deed of conveyance for real property that the conveyance has been entered in his office before such deed can be placed on record in the recording office, and the county auditor shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents, for his own use, for making such entry and endorsement.

(B) The Department of Revenue may approve other means and methods of processing and accounting for the accurate and timely recording of sales, transfers, and other conveyances of real property.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-1780; 1952 Code Section 65-1780; 1942 Code Section 2727; 1932 Code Section 2727; Civ. C. '22 Section 459; Civ. C. '12 Section 407; Civ. C. '02 Section 366; G. S. 247; R. S. 299, 300; 1881 (17) 1015; 1931 (37) 3; 1934 (38) 1222; 1996 Act No. 431, Section 11; 2015 Act No. 87 (S.379), Section 29, eff June 11, 2015.

Code Commissioner's Note

1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.

Effect of Amendment

2015 Act No. 87, Section 29, substituted "may keep" for "shall keep".