North Carolina § 28A-2-1 - Clerk of superior court.

§ 28A-2-1. Clerk of superior court.

The clerk of superior court of each county, ex officio judge of probate, shall have jurisdiction of the administration, settlement, and distribution of estates of decedents including, but not limited to, estate proceedings as provided in G.S. 28A-2-4 . History (R.C., c. 46, s. 1; C.C.P., s. 433; 1868-9, c. 113, s. 115; Code, s. 1374; Rev., s. 16; C.S., s. 1; 1931, c. 165; 1943, c. 543; 1951, c. 765; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 2011-344, s. 4.) Cross References. - As to suspension, removal and reinstatement of clerk, see G.S. 7A-104 . As to probate of wills generally, see G.S. 28A-2A-1 et seq. As to clerk's power to remove executors and administrators, see G.S. 28A-9-1 . 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 "including, but not limited to, estate proceedings as provided in G.S. 28A-2-4 " for "including, but not limited to, the following"; and deleted subdivisions (1) and (2), which read: "Probate of wills" and "Granting of letters testamentary and of administration, or other proper letters of authority for the administration of estates," respectively. Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1976 case law on wills, trusts and estates, see 55 N.C.L. Rev. 1109 (1977).