North Carolina General Statutes 130A-466. Filing requirements
(a) A person may submit any of the following documents and the revocations of these documents to the Secretary of State for filing in the Advance Health Care Directive Registry established pursuant to this Article:
(1) A health care power of attorney under Article 3 of Chapter 32A of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(2) A declaration of a desire for a natural death under Article 23 of Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(3) An advance instruction for mental health treatment under Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 122C of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(4) A declaration of an anatomical gift under Part 3A of Article 16 of Chapter 130A of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(b) Any document and any revocation of a document submitted for filing in the registry shall be notarized regardless of whether notarization is required for its validity. This subsection does not apply to a declaration of an anatomical gift described in subdivision (a)(4) of this section.
(c) The document may be submitted for filing only by the person who executed the document.
(d) The person who submits the document shall supply a return address.
(e) The document shall be accompanied by any fee required by this Article. (2001-455, s. 1; 2001-513, s. 30(b); 2003-70, s. 1; 2007-538, s. 10.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-466
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3