{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-31d-3-309","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31D-3-309","heading":"Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.","body":"To the extent a power holder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:\n(1)\tThe gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property.\n(2)\tIf there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property passes as follows:\na.\tTo the power holder if the power holder is a permissible appointee and living.\nb.\tIf the power holder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, to the power holder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee.\nc.\tIf the power holder is an impermissible appointee or deceased and if the estate is not a permissible appointee, under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest. (2015-205, s. 3(a).)","path":["Chapter 31D. North Carolina Uniform Powers of Appointment Act.","Article 3. Exercise of Power of Appointment."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_31D/GS_31D-3-309.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:00:07Z","sha256":"58c5c09e011b8c2007615a8fa5fa948383a3efeeb7ca813d077fcc2b099beb64","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-31d-3-308","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-31d-3-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}