---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Subordination Agreement Requirements."
description: "Clarify Subordination Agreement Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "North Carolina SB 629 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "DEEDS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "LOANS", "MORTGAGES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82aa1db5-6873-4bb0-971c-e8d55b68bea5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S629&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "769f84743d61bbb35f6c9f4b4386f3aefac350a5d4f887fe32b95596d3042399"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 629 (2003) — Clarify Subordination Agreement Requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S629v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-219 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-09** Ratified
- **2003-06-05** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-02** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2003
- **2003-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82aa1db5-6873-4bb0-971c-e8d55b68bea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).