{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-30-50","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-50","heading":"Protection of third person.","body":"(a)\tWith respect to property to which this Article applies, a person is not liable under this Article if all of the following apply:\n(1)\tThe person transacts in good faith and for value with either of the following:\na.\tA community-property spouse.\nb.\tAfter the death of the decedent, a surviving community-property spouse, personal representative, heir, devisee, or nonprobate transferee of the decedent.\n(2)\tThe person does not know or have reason to know that the other party to the transaction is exceeding or improperly exercising the party's authority.\n(b)\tGood faith under subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not require the person to inquire into the extent or propriety of the exercise of authority by the other party to the transaction.\n(c)\tWith respect to real property to which this Article applies, a lien creditor or a purchaser for value of the property is not liable under this Article unless, before the lien was acquired or the purchase was made, the community-property spouses gave notice in a registered instrument of their intention for this Article to apply to the property. Priority among this registered instrument and other registered instruments is governed by G.S. 47-18. (2025-25, s. 51.)","path":["Chapter 30. Surviving Spouses.","Article 5. Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_30/GS_30-50.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:59:42Z","sha256":"afd559354c95eca8871accdfe8c7f7b4bd7459ed05486a1d2c51f54f3755082a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-30-49","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-30-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}