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The preservation of backup copies of real estate records also is governed by state law. The North Carolina statutes direct the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to cooperate with local governments to have a program for making and keeping “preservation duplicates” of permanent records. G.S. 132-8.2. The department directs that land records and marriage licenses be preserved with duplicates that are “durable, accurate, complete and clear” and “made by a photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro card, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces and forms a durable medium.” Records Retention and Disposition Schedule, Register of Deeds, N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, Government Records Section, at ix-x. This applies whether permanent records are in paper or electronic form. Accordingly, a register complies with the prescribed preservation methodology by participating in the microfilm backup program supervised by the state’s Gover

Commented: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By: Carolyn Garris

Since 2005, the North Carolina statutes have authorized the state’s registers of deeds to receive and keep the real estate records in electronic form. G.S. 47-16.3 provides as follows: “If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document . . ..” G.S. 47-16.4 provides that a register of deeds “[m]ay receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents,” and “[m]ay convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.” A register is not required to keep real estate records, whether received in paper or electronic form, in paper form. Most registers across the state do not keep paper versions of at least some permanent real estate records, and this is increasingly the case due to space limitations, advances in digital storage, and transactional expectations for electronic commerce.

Commented: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 8:10 pm By: Carolyn Garris

Yea but I put in my user name… oh well… 🤷🏼‍♀️ game on!!

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 3:07 pm By: Marie Skon

Big Bob: I am not concerned with how I "come across." You, on the other hand, leave real people with a sense of how wholly vapid YOU "come across."

In that regard, you and I are 180 degrees dissimilar.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 2:53 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Why was my name published when I signed in using my username? If the below post is not taken down I will report how this rag works

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 2:22 pm By: Marie Skon

Mr Deatherage:

I have attended the last Commissioners meeting which is recorded BTW and Mr Richardson stated the Ms Garris said there was not enough storage for more books.
He suggested another cabinet be stacked on top of the existing one. Do you remember that? I do.
Seems like Mr Richardson is having cognitive issues like our President if it’s denied now.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:43 pm By: Marie Skon

To Truth knower. You are in strange world of contorting facts to come out to your preconceived facts. If your post is indicates your ability to reason, are on the edge of sanity.

Fitting facts together to form untruths is not norma.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm By: Hood Richardson

Stan is truth. Just ask him, he will tell you.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:06 pm By: Big Bob

Truth Knower: Space is not the problem. We have enough space until more space can be built, which is now considered where, when and how much.

Commissioner Richardson reported that the hard copies are no longer being recorded as in the past; the Register of Deeds takes umbrage with that assessment.

The issue is to what extent which is what, and the proper path forward. This issue has nothing to do with space.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 9:44 am By: Stan Deatherage

It is one thing to put your name with a truthful statement. it is another to use a fake name so you can lie with out having to prove your case.

Everything you said below is a lie.

Time for another expose' article.

Commented: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 9:36 am By: Hood Richardson

My position regarding the register of deeds keeping of documents for posterity is one of permanence irrespective of circumstances.

One can never fully fathom future events that could create a break in the continuity of documents stored and kept; however, it is my experienced opinion that Beaufort County needs all precious, essential documents stored in as many manners possible, in as many locations available (within reason), not least of which documents recorded and stored in hard copy book form on paper, indexed in an index book, again on paper.

For me it is that simple, and I will know when we have done all that is feasible to do to accomplish such, the hard copy as stated, obvously essential.

Commented: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 4:20 pm By: Stan Deatherage