The clerk or the register of deeds, as the case may be, in whose office any judgment or mortgage may be of record, on the receipt of the fees, shall permit any judgment creditor or his or her attorney or any mortgagee, as the case may be, to enter satisfaction thereof. Or if any judge shall order satisfaction of any such judgment or mortgage the clerk shall enter of record such satisfaction accordingly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-1730; 1952 Code Section 15-1730; 1942 Code Section 3599; 1932 Code Section 3599; Civ. C. '22 Section 2143; Civ. C. '12 Section 1322; Civ. C. '02 Section 924; G. S. 745; R. S. 1839 (11) 109 Section 19; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, eff January 1, 1998.