---
type: "Bill"
title: "Avery Towns/Deed Recordation/Delinquent Taxes."
description: "Avery Towns/Deed Recordation/Delinquent Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "North Carolina HB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AVERY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "CROSSNORE", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEEDS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "TAX COLLECTION", "TAXATION", "TAXES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b75730e1-41f6-42aa-bd9c-d216da10e412"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H247"
source_hash: "e2e9ac908db5cd1ce3e77d9e6be75acad80839e07df4b5793bfaaeac5d3f8e77"
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 247 (2023) — Avery Towns/Deed Recordation/Delinquent Taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H247v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5811/0/H247-A-NBC-10675)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H247v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H247v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H247v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H247v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Greene — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Ch. SL 2023-25 `became-law`
- **2023-06-01** Ratified
- **2023-05-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-31** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** Placed On Cal For 05/31/2023
- **2023-05-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-05-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2023-05-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/15/2023
- **2023-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b75730e1-41f6-42aa-bd9c-d216da10e412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).