North Carolina § 28A-20-1 - Inventory within three months.

§ 28A-20-1. Inventory within three months.

Unless the time for filing the inventory has been extended by the clerk of superior court, every personal representative and collector, within three months after the qualification of that personal representative or collector, shall return to the clerk, on oath, a just, true and perfect inventory of all the real and personal property of the deceased, which have come to the hands of the personal representative or collector, or to the hands of any person for the personal representative or collector, which inventory shall be signed by the personal representative or collector and be recorded by the clerk. History (R.C., c. 46, s. 16; 1868-9, c. 113, s. 8; Code, s. 1396; Rev., s. 42; C.S., s. 48; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1975, c. 300, s. 8; 2011-344, s. 4; 2017-158, s. 8.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-344, s. 4, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date, substituted "the qualification of that personal representative or collector" for "his qualifications" and made similar gender-neutral changes throughout the section. Session Laws 2017-158, s. 8, effective July 21, 2017, added "Unless the time for filing the inventory has been extended by the clerk of superior court" and made a related stylistic change at the beginning of the section.