N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31D-2-204: Exception to presumption of unlimited authority.

Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if both of the following apply:

(1) The power is exercisable only at the power holder's death.

(2) The permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not include the power holder's estate, the power holder's creditors, or the creditors of the power holder's estate. (2015-205, s. 3(a).)