{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-16-1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-16-1","heading":"Sales or leases without court order.","body":"(a)\tA personal representative has the power to sell, at either a public or private sale, or to lease, personal property of the decedent without a court order.\n(b)\tA personal representative who sells or leases personal property of the decedent without a court order is not required to file a special report or have the transaction confirmed by the clerk of superior court, or to follow any of the procedure set forth in Article 29A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes, entitled \"Judicial Sales,\" but shall include in the personal representative's next account, either annual or final, a record of the receipts and disbursements incident to the transaction. (1868-9, c. 113, s. 16; Code, s. 1408; Rev., s. 62; C.S., s. 66; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1975, c. 300, s. 6; 2011-344, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 28A. Administration of Decedents' Estates.","Article 16. Sales or Leases of Personal Property."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-16-1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:59:22Z","sha256":"69a324b4d6ebe5126730deeb8cd851e47fde839d452f4a7621542e8c89fe8859","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-15-13","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-16-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}