{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-19-16","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-19-16","heading":"Disputed claim not referred barred in three months.","body":"If a claim is presented to and rejected by the personal representative or collector, and not referred as provided in G.S. 28A-19-15, the claimant must, within three months, after due notice in writing of such rejection, commence an action for the recovery thereof, or in the case of a contingent or unliquidated claim, file a petition for an order from the clerk of superior court pursuant to G.S. 28A-19-5(b), or be forever barred from maintaining an action thereon. (1868-9, c. 113, s. 35; Code, s. 1427; Rev., s. 93; 1913, c. 3, s.1; C.S., s. 100; 1961, c. 742; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 2011-344, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 28A. Administration of Decedents' Estates.","Article 19. Claims Against the Estate."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-19-16.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:59:22Z","sha256":"77bfa13f64aa3b08dd83314819c123f09183a8e2309dadf421a950326e86ab3b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-19-15","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-19-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}