---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deed Recording/Tax Cert for Various Counties."
description: "Deed Recording/Tax Cert for Various Counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "North Carolina HB 131 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEEDS", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GRADY", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "RECORDS", "ROBESON COUNTY", "SURRY COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-08"
last_action: "2005-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5f5857e-17a4-4c46-a0df-b72f6297f341"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H131&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0101034da40fcc0c564b4099b91cf023a169230780d152f8280e5a3f1e640c18"
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 HB 131 (2005) — Deed Recording/Tax Cert for Various Counties.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H131v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-23** Ch. SL 2005-109 `became-law`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2005
- **2005-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-14** Engrossed
- **2005-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2005
- **2005-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Rec From House
- **2005-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-16** Placed On Cal For 3/17/2005
- **2005-03-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-09** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5f5857e-17a4-4c46-a0df-b72f6297f341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).