North Carolina § 28A-25-4 - Clerk may compel compliance.
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§ 28A-25-4. Clerk may compel compliance.
If any affiant who has collected personal property of the decedent by affidavit pursuant to G.S. 28A-25-1 or G.S. 28A-25-1 .1 shall fail to make distribution or file affidavit as required by G.S. 28A-25-3 , the clerk of superior court may, upon motion of the clerk of superior court or at the request of any interested person, issue an attachment against the affiant for a contempt and commit the affiant until the affiant makes proper distribution and files the affidavit. In addition to or in lieu of filing this attachment, the clerk may require the affiant to post a bond conditioned as provided in G.S. 28A-8-2 . History (1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1983, c. 711, s. 2; 1985, c. 651, s. 5; 1987, c. 670, s. 4; 1989, c. 407, s. 4; 2011-344, s. 4.) 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 "upon motion of the clerk of superior court" for "upon his own motion" and "the affiant" for "him" or similar language.
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28A-25-4 ("Clerk may compel compliance.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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