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37 <br /> (a) Reasonably assure itself that the amendment has been validly approved <br /> by the Owners of the required number of Lots. (For this purpose, the Board of Directors may <br /> rely on its roster of Members and shall not be required to cause any title to any Lot to be <br /> examined). <br /> (b) Attach to the amendment a certification as to its validity, which <br /> certification shall be executed by the Association in the same manner that deeds are executed. <br /> The following form of certification is suggested: <br /> CERTIFICATION OF VALIDITY OF AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF <br /> COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR <br /> By authority of its Board of Directors�e Homeowners Association, <br /> Inc. hereby certifies that the foregoing instrument has been duly approved by the <br /> affirmative vote or written agreement signed by the Owners of Lots to which not less <br /> than sixty-seven percent (67%) of the votes in the Association are allocated and is, <br /> therefore, a valid amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions <br /> and Easements forte. <br /> This the day of , <br /> Association, <br /> Inc.,a North Carolina nonprofit <br /> corporation <br /> By: <br /> Name: <br /> Title: <br /> (c) Immediately, and within the thirty (30) day period aforesaid, cause the <br /> amendment to be recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> All amendments shall be effective from the date of their recordation in the office of the <br /> Register of Deeds of Orange County,North Carolina; provided,however,that no such instrument <br /> shall be valid until it has been indexed in the name of the Association. When any instrument <br /> purporting to amend this Declaration has been certified by the Board of Directors, recorded and <br /> indexed as provided by this Section, it shall be conclusively presumed that such instrument <br /> constitutes a valid amendment as to each Person thereafter purchasing any Lot. <br /> Section 13.04 Termination. Except to the extent otherwise expressly required by the <br /> Act or other applicable law, unless and until this Declaration is terminated pursuant to the <br /> affirmative vote or written agreement signed by the Owners of Lots to which not less than eighty <br /> percent (80%) of the votes in the Association are allocated, all of the covenants, conditions, <br /> restrictions, easements, liens, charges, assessments and equitable servitudes set forth in this <br /> Declaration shall run with and bind the Property for a term of twenty (20) years from the date <br /> this Declaration is recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County, North <br /> Carolina, after which time they shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten(10) <br /> 27 <br />