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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 29-20

  • Estate: means all the property of a decedent, including but not limited to:

    a. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

All the estate of a person who was born out of wedlock and dies intestate shall descend and be distributed, subject to the payment of costs of administration and other lawful claims against the estate, and subject to the payment of State inheritance or estate taxes, as provided in this Article. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1999-337, s. 6; 2013-198, s. 10.)