HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 8-d - Appointment of County Review Officers
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 3, 2018
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-d
SUBJECT: Appointment of County Review Officers
DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration
ATTACHMENT(S):
Draft Resolution
North Carolina General Statute 47-30.2
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator, (919)
245-2726
Tammy Hicks Walker, Land Records/GIS
Manager, Address Administrator, (919)
245-2505
PURPOSE: To appoint three additional County Review Officers.
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 47-30.2 requires that all persons
appointed as plat review officers be appointed by a resolution recorded in the Register of Deeds
Office. Review Officers ensure that all plats recorded comply with the plat requirements outlined
in the General Statutes.
Currently the County has three active Review Officers: Michael Burton, appointed on June 6,
2000; Tammy Hicks Walker, originally appointed on August 21, 2001 and reappointed on March
6, 2014 due to a name change, and Lori Berry, appointed on March 6, 2014.
NCGS 47-30.2 recommends that a Review Officer be certified as a property mapper pursuant to
NCGS 147-54.4. Deborah Blaylock, Kimberly P. Cecil and Dawn B. Perry have attained the
status of certified property mapper in the State of North Carolina. The Land Records/GIS
Manager recommends that they be appointed to carry out the duties and responsibilities of
Review Officer as the need arises in day to day work.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the proposed appointments.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve and authorize the
Chair to sign the resolution appointing Deborah Blaylock, Kimberly P. Cecil and Dawn B. Perry
to be Review Officers for Orange County.
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RES-2018-024
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING COUNTY REVIEW OFFICERS
WHEREAS, G.S. § 47-30.2 authorizes the Orange County Board of Commissioners, by
resolutions, to designate one or more persons experienced in mapping and land records
management as “Review Officers” to examine each map and plat required to be submitted for
review before the map or plat is presented to the Register of Deeds for recording; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has from time to time, in
accordance with G.S. § 147-54.4, named persons, certified by the Department of the Secretary
of State as Property Mappers, as Review Officers for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners now desires to designate as
Review Officers, Deborah Blaylock, Kimberly P. Cecil and Dawn B. Perry, all of whom have been
certified by the North Carolina Secretary of State as Property Mappers, and such certification
has been verified by the Director of the Orange County Tax Administration Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners as follows:
1. That Deborah Blaylock, Kimberly P. Cecil and Dawn B. Perry are hereby designated as
“Review Officers” pursuant to G.S. § 47-30.2 in Orange County;
2. That the above named persons, shall comply with all statutory and regulatory
requirements and follow all procedures, prescribed by G.S. § 47-30.2;
3. That this Resolution designating Deborah Blalock, Kimberly P. Cecil and Dawn B. Perry as
Review Officers be recorded in the Orange County Registry and indexed on the grantor
index in the name of each Review Officer.
THIS the 3rd day of April, 2018.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BY: _________________________________________________
MARK DOROSIN, Chair
ATTEST:
_____________________________________
Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board
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§ 47-30.2. Review Officer.
(a) The board of commissioners of each county shall, by resolution, designate by name
one or more persons experienced in mapping or land records management as a Review Officer to
review each map and plat required to be submitted for review before the map or plat is presented
to the register of deeds for recording. Each person designated a Review Officer shall, if
reasonably feasible, be certified as a property mapper pursuant to G.S. 147-54.4. A resolution
designating a Review Officer shall be recorded in the county registry and indexed on the grantor
index in the name of the Review Officer.
(b) The Review Officer shall review expeditiously each map or plat required to be
submitted to the Officer before the map or plat is presented to the register of deeds for recording.
The Review Officer shall certify the map or plat if it complies with all statutory requirements for
recording.
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the register of deeds shall not accept for
recording any map or plat required to be submitted to the Review Officer unless the map or plat
has the certification of the Review Officer affixed to it. A certification shall be in substantially
the following form:
State of North Carolina
County of
I, ____________, Review Officer of __________ County, certify that the map or plat to
which this certification is affixed meets all statutory requirements for recording.
_______________________________
Review Officer
Date__________________________
(c) A map or plat must be presented to the Review Officer unless one or more of the
following conditions are applicable:
(1) The certificate required by G.S. 47-30(f)(11) shows that the map or plat is a
survey within the meaning of G.S. 47-30(f)(11)b. or c.
(2) The map or plat is exempt from the requirements of G.S. 47-30 pursuant to
G.S. 47-30(j) or (l).
(3) The map is an attachment that is being recorded pursuant to G.S. 47-
30(n). (1997-309, s. 3; 1998-228, s. 13.)
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