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- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-31 · Amount of allowance.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-31.1 · (Repealed effective March 1, 2024) Service of judgment and appeal. (2011-344, s. 7; repealed by Session Laws 2023-120, s. 1.1(7), effective March 1, 2024.)
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-31.2 · (Repealed effective March 1, 2024) Execution. (2011-344, s. 7; repealed by Session Laws 2023-120, s. 1.1(8), effective March 1, 2024.)
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-32 · Repealed by Session Laws 2012-194, s. 40, effective July 17, 2012.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-33 · Repealed by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 7, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-41 · Title.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-42 · Definitions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-43 · Included and excluded property.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-44 · Form of partition, reclassification, or waiver.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-45 · Community property presumption.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-46 · Disposition of property at death.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-47 · Other remedies available at death.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-48 · Right of surviving community-property spouse.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-49 · Right of heir, devisee, or nonprobate transferee.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-50 · Protection of third person.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-51 · Principles of law and equity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-52 · Uniformity of application and construction.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-1 · Who may make will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-2 · Repealed by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 1.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3 · Rewritten and renumbered as G.S. 31-3.1 to 31-3.6 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 2.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.1 · Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.2 · Kinds of wills.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.3 · Attested written will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.4 · Holographic will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.5 · Nuncupative will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.6 · Seal not required.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-4 · Repealed by Session Laws 2015-205, s. 3(b), effective August 11, 2015.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-4.1 · Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s. 1, effective July 1, 2010.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-4.2 · Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s. 2, effective July 1, 2010.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5 · Rewritten and renumbered as G.S. 31-5.1 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 3.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.1 · Revocation of written will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.2 · Revocation of nuncupative will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.3 · Will not revoked by marriage; dissent from will made prior to marriage.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.4 · Revocation by divorce or annulment; revival.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.5 · After-born or after-adopted child; children born out of wedlock; effect on will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.6 · No revocation by subsequent conveyance.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.7 · Specific provisions for revocation exclusive; effect of changes in circumstances.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-5.8 · Revival of revoked will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-6 · Renumbered as G.S. 31-5.3 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 5.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-7 · Repealed by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 9.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-8 · Renumbered as G.S. 31-5.6 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 8.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-8.1 · Who may witness.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-9 · Executor competent witness.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-10 · Beneficiary competent witness; when interest rendered void.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-10.1 · Corporate trustee not disqualified by witnessing of will by stockholder.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-11 · Depositories in offices of clerks of superior court where living persons may file wills.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-11.1 through 31-11.5 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-11.6 · How attested wills may be made self-proved.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-12 through 31-31.2 · Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S. 28A-2A-1 through G.S. 28A-2A-23, by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-18 · §§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S. 28A-2A-1 through G.S. 28A-2A-23, by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-25 through 31-25.1 · Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S. 28A-2A-1 through G.S. 28A-2A-23, by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-26 · Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S. 28A-2A-1 through G.S. 28A-2A-23, by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-32 · Filing of caveat.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-33 · Cause transferred to trial docket.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-34 · Repealed by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 8, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-35 · Affidavit of witness as evidence.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-36 · Effect of caveat on estate administration.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-37 · Repealed by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 8, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-37.1 · Settlement agreement; filing of judgment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-38 · Devise presumed to be in fee.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-39 · Probate necessary to pass title; rights of lien creditors and purchasers; recordation in county where real property lies.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-40 · What property passes by will.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-41 · Will relates to death of testator.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-42 · Failure of devises by lapse or otherwise; renunciation; 120-hour survivorship requirement, revised simultaneous death act, Article 24, Chapter 28A.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-42.1 through 31-42.2 · Repealed by Session Laws 1965, c. 938, s. 2.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-43 · Repealed by Session Laws 2015-205, s. 3(b), effective August 11, 2015.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-44 · Repealed by Session Laws 1951, c. 762, s. 2.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-45 · Rewritten and renumbered as G.S. 31-5.5 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 7.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-46 · Validity of will; which laws govern.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-46.1 · Construction of certain formula clauses applicable to estates of decedents dying in calendar year 2010.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-47 · Testamentary additions to trusts.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-48 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-49 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-50 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-51 · Incorporation by reference.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-52 · Acts and events of independent significance.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-61 · Reformation of will to correct mistakes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-62 · Modification of will to achieve testator's tax objectives.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-63 · Filing of action for reformation or modification of will; bar to caveat.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-71 · Definitions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-72 · Storage of attested written will by a licensed attorney as an electronic record.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-73 · Certification of paper copy of attested written will stored as an electronic record.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-1 · Acts barring rights of spouse.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-2 · Acts barring rights of parents.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-3 · Definitions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-4 · Slayer barred from testate or intestate succession and other rights.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-5 · Recodified as G.S. 41-64(b) by Session Laws 2020-50, s. 1(b), effective June 30, 2020.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-6 · Survivorship property.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-7 · Reversions and vested remainders.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-8 · Contingent remainders and executory interests.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-9 · Divesting of interests in property.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-10 · Powers of appointment and revocation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-11 · Insurance benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-12 · Persons acquiring from slayer protected.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-12.1 · Remedies to be exclusive.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-13 · Record determining slayer admissible in evidence.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-14 · Revised Simultaneous Death Act not applicable.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-15 · Chapter to be broadly construed.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31B-1 · Right to renounce succession.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31B-1A · Recodified as G.S. 31B-1.1.