29-306. Assignment of viewers; agreement between owners of adjoining land; recordation.
All assignments of the fence viewers shall be certified and signed by them and shall contain a certain description of the lands divided by such partition fence and the names of the owners thereof. Any agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act between the owners of adjoining land in relation to the division of partition fences between them shall also contain a pertinent description of such lands, and such agreement, acknowledged or proved as conveyances of land, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county in the same manner as an assignment of fence viewers. Any agreement or modification of an existing agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act between the owners of adjoining land in relation to the division of partition fences between them shall also contain a pertinent description of such lands, and such agreement, acknowledged or proved as conveyances of land, shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county in the same manner as an assignment of fence viewers. Any such assignment or agreement, duly recorded as provided in this article, shall be binding upon the parties and all succeeding owners of the lands.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 13; R.S. 1923, 29-306; L. 1985, ch. 127, § 1; July 1.