North Carolina General Statutes 31C-5. Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee; duty of personal representative
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 31C-5
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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.)