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13 <br />(h) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the filing of any plat <br />prepared by a registered Land surveyor but not recorded prior to the death of the <br />r registered land surveyor. However, it is the responsibility of the person presenting the <br />map to prove that the plat was so prepared. For preservation these plats may be filed <br />without signature. notary acknowledgement or probate, in a special plat file. <br />(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to invalidate any instrument or the title <br />thereby conveyed making reference to any recorded plat. <br />(j) The provisions of this section shall not apply to boundary plats of areas <br />annexed by municipalities nor to plats of municipal boundaries, whether or not <br />required by law to be recorded. <br />(k) The provisions of this section shall apply to all 4-99 counties in North Carolina.. <br />Where local law is in conflict with this section, the provisions in this section shall <br />apply. Failure of a plat to conform in all requirements of this statute shall be <br />sufficient grounds for the register of deeds to refuse to accept the plat for recordation. <br />(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the registration of highway <br />right -of -way plans provided for in G.S. 136 -19.4 nor to registration of roadway <br />corridor official maps provided in Article 2E of Chapter 136. <br />m) Any mag prepared by a registered land surveyor and submitted for inclusion <br />on the public record whether submitted alone or attached to a deed or other <br />instrument shall conform to the standards of practice for land survevin in North <br />Carolina as defined in the Board rules of the North Carolina State Board of <br />Re istration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. In the interest of the <br />public welfare and to assure that maps have not been altered grior to submission for <br />recordin and in accordance with G.S. 89C -26 the maps shall have an original <br />personal si nature and original seal as approved by the North Carolina State Board <br />for Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Survevors__ Nothing in this <br />subsection shall prohibit the recordation of a document that includes an attachment <br />not prepared by a reg <br />gistered land surveyor." <br />Sec. 4. Section 3 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1991. The <br />remainder of this act is effective upon ratification and applies to any action filed on <br />or after that date. <br />In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of <br />June, 1991. <br />JAMES C. GARDNER <br />James C. Gardner <br />President of the Senate <br />DANIEL BL -.UF, JR. <br />Daniel Blue, Jr. <br />Speaker of the House of Representatives <br />Senate Bill 764 9 <br />