33-104. Loan of goods and chattels. Except as otherwise provided by law, where any loan of goods and chattels shall be pretended to have been made to any person with whom (or those claiming under him) possession shall have remained for the space of five years, such goods and chattels shall be deemed the property of the person having had such possession, unless a reservation of the right of such goods and chattels shall have been made to the lender in writing, and such writing shall have been recorded within six months from the time of making such loan, in the register's office for the county where one or both of the parties shall then have resided.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 43, § 4; R.S. 1923, 33-104; L. 1989, ch. 120, § 14; July 1.