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North Carolina · Through S.L. 2026-30

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-6.5: Common-law rule against perpetuities abolished.

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  1. Chapter 41. Estates
  2. Article 1. Survivorship Rights and Future Interests.

(a) The rule of the common law known as the rule against perpetuities is abolished.

(b) Article 2 of this Chapter sets out the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.

(c) This section applies to a property interest or a power of appointment created on or after October 1, 1995. This section clarifies the intent of the General Assembly to abolish the common-law rule against perpetuities when it enacted Chapter 190 of the 1995 Session Laws, which enacted the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. (2022-64, s. 3(a).)

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