It’s pop quiz time!  Is the following statement true or false? No one can buy real property in North Carolina without first paying all of the property taxes owed on the property. Answer: False. Well, not entirely false.  But not … Read more

Once upon a time, deeds had property descriptions that actually described the property being conveyed.  They would give distances and directions that could be sketched into recognizable geometries, and they would tell about neighbors’ recorded rights that affected the property, … Read more