North Carolina § 28A-2A-3 - Clerk to notify devisees of probate of wills.
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§ 28A-2A-3. Clerk to notify devisees of probate of wills.
The clerks of the superior court of the State are hereby required and directed to notify by mail, all devisees whose addresses are known, designated in wills filed for probate in their respective counties. All expense incident to such notification shall be deemed a proper charge in the administration of the respective estates. History (1933, c. 133; 2011-284, s. 28; 2011-344, s. 3.) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly G.S. 31-14. It was recodified as G.S. 28A-2A-3 by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-284, s. 28, effective June 24, 2011, in the section catchline and in text, deleted "legatees and" preceding "devisees." Legal Periodicals. - For comment on section, see 11 N.C.L. Rev. 263 (1933).
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