{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-15-3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-15-3","heading":"Nonexoneration of encumbered property.","body":"When real or personal property subject to any lien or security interest, except judgment liens, is specifically devised, the devisee takes the property subject to the encumbrance and without a right to have other assets of the decedent applied to discharge the secured obligation, unless an express provision of the will confers such right of exoneration. A general testamentary direction to pay the debts of the decedent is not sufficient to confer such right. (1973, c. 1329, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 28A. Administration of Decedents' Estates.","Article 15. Assets; Discovery of Assets."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-15-3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:59:22Z","sha256":"05627e2e66344be57b4d8929c5a6d42750fdd58da970ad40e2435efaefec4fd9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-15-2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-15-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}