North Carolina § 31C-5 Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee; duty of personal representative

North Carolina Statutes

§ 31C-5 — Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee; duty of personal representative

North Carolina § 31C-5

Ch. 31CUniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-5 (2026).

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If the title to any property to which this Chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this Chapter applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent. (1981, c. 882, s. 1.)

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If the title to any property to which this Chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this Chapter applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent. (1981, c. 882, s. 1.)