North Carolina Code — 031
Browse 95 sections in division 031 of the North Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 31-1. Who may make will.
- § 31-3. 1. Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with.
- § 31-3. 2. Kinds of wills.
- § 31-3. 3. Attested written will.
- § 31-3. 4. Holographic will.
- § 31-3. 5. Nuncupative will.
- § 31-3. 6. Seal not required.
- § 31-4. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s. 1, effective July 1, 2010.
- § 31-4. 2: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s. 2, effective July 1, 2010.
- § 31-5. 1. Revocation of written will.
- § 31-5. 2. Revocation of nuncupative will.
- § 31-5. 3. Will not revoked by marriage; dissent from will made prior to marriage.
- § 31-5. 4. Revocation by divorce or annulment; revival.
- § 31-5. 5. After-born or after-adopted child; children born out of wedlock; effect on will.
- § 31-5. 6. No revocation by subsequent conveyance.
- § 31-5. 7. Specific provisions for revocation exclusive; effect of changes in circumstances.
- § 31-5. 8. Revival of revoked will.
- § 31-8. 1. Who may witness.
- § 31-9. Executor competent witness.
- § 31-10. Beneficiary competent witness; when interest rendered void.
- § 31-10. 1. Corporate trustee not disqualified by witnessing of will by stockholder.
- § 31-11. Depositories in offices of clerks of superior court where living persons may file wills.
- § 31-11. 6. How attested wills may be made self-proved.
- § 31-32. Filing of caveat.
- § 31-33. Cause transferred to trial docket.
- § 31-35. Affidavit of witness as evidence.
- § 31-36. Effect of caveat on estate administration.
- § 31-37. 1. Settlement agreement; filing of judgment.
- § 31-38. Devise presumed to be in fee.
- § 31-39. Probate necessary to pass title; rights of lien creditors and purchasers; recordation in county where real property lies.
- § 31-40. What property passes by will.
- § 31-41. Will relates to death of testator.
- § 31-46. Validity of will; which laws govern.
- § 31-46. 1. Construction of certain formula clauses applicable to estates of decedents dying in calendar year 2010.
- § 31-47. Testamentary additions to trusts.
- § 31-51. Incorporation by reference.
- § 31-52. Acts and events of independent significance.
- § 31-61. Reformation of will to correct mistakes.
- § 31-62. Modification of will to achieve testator's tax objectives.
- § 31-63. Filing of action for reformation or modification of will; bar to caveat.
- § 31A-1. Acts barring rights of spouse.
- § 31A-2. Acts barring rights of parents.
- § 31A-3. Definitions.
- § 31A-4. Slayer barred from testate or intestate succession and other rights.
- § 31A-6. Survivorship property.
- § 31A-7. Reversions and vested remainders.
- § 31A-8. Contingent remainders and executory interests.
- § 31A-9. Divesting of interests in property.
- § 31A-10. Powers of appointment and revocation.
- § 31A-11. Insurance benefits.
- § 31A-12. Persons acquiring from slayer protected.
- § 31A-12. 1. Remedies to be exclusive.
- § 31A-13. Record determining slayer admissible in evidence.
- § 31A-14. Revised Simultaneous Death Act not applicable.
- § 31A-15. Chapter to be broadly construed.
- § 31D-1-101. Short title.
- § 31D-1-102. Definitions.
- § 31D-1-103. Governing law.
- § 31D-1-104. Common law and principles of equity.
- § 31D-2-201. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Creation of power of appointment.
- § 31D-2-202. Nontransferability.
- § 31D-2-203. Presumption of unlimited authority.
- § 31D-2-204. Exception to presumption of unlimited authority.
- § 31D-2-205. Rules of classification.
- § 31D-2-206. Power to revoke or amend.
- § 31D-3-301. Requisites for exercise of power of appointment.
- § 31D-3-302. Intent to exercise; determining intent from residuary clause.
- § 31D-3-303. Intent to exercise after-acquired power.
- § 31D-3-304. Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement.
- § 31D-3-305. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Permissible appointment.
- § 31D-3-306. Appointment to deceased appointee.
- § 31D-3-307. Impermissible appointment.
- § 31D-3-308. Selective allocation doctrine.
- § 31D-3-309. Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.
- § 31D-3-310. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power.
- § 31D-3-311. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power.
- § 31D-3-312. Disposition of unappointed property if partial appointment to taker in default.
- § 31D-3-313. Appointment to taker in default.
- § 31D-3-314. Power holder's authority to revoke or amend exercise.
- § 31D-4-401. Disclaimer.
- § 31D-4-402. Authority to release.
- § 31D-4-403. Method of release.
- § 31D-4-403. 1. Necessity for actual notice of release or limitation to bind fiduciary.
- § 31D-4-404. Revocation or amendment of release.
- § 31D-4-405. Power to contract; presently exercisable power of appointment.
- § 31D-4-406. Power to contract; power of appointment not presently exercisable.
- § 31D-4-407. Remedy for breach of contract to appoint or not to appoint.
- § 31D-5-501. Creditor claim; general power created by power holder.
- § 31D-5-502. Creditor claim; general power not created by power holder.
- § 31D-5-503. Power to withdraw.
- § 31D-5-504. Creditor claim; nongeneral power.
- § 31D-5-505. Requisites of release as against creditors and purchasers for value.
- § 31D-6-601. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 31D-6-602. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 31D-6-603. Application to existing relationships.