---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Register of Deed Filings."
description: "Electronic Register of Deed Filings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1581"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1581 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "JUDGES", "LOCAL", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "REP. SAUNDERS", "RECORDS", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6798b265-4f0d-4a16-a1b8-31c4de030892"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "83c8fef1f9b73deff30610dd393961a13d5b5c5e4e642dd6d6d15efbf7b97a77"
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 1581 (2001) — Electronic Register of Deed Filings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2002-115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1581v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **61–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-16** Ch. SL 2002-115 `became-law`
- **2002-09-16** Signed By Gov. 9/16/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Pres. To Gov. 9/6/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-09-05** Ratified
- **2002-09-05** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-04** Placed On Cal For 9/5/2002
- **2002-08-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2002-08-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-08-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-11** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-01** Rec From House
- **2002-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-06-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2002
- **2002-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6798b265-4f0d-4a16-a1b8-31c4de030892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).