{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-33a-16","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 33A-16","heading":"Exemption of third person from liability.","body":"A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:\n(1)\tThe validity of the purported custodian's designation;\n(2)\tThe propriety of, or the authority under this Chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;\n(3)\tThe validity or propriety under this Chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or\n(4)\tThe propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian. (1987, c. 563, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 33A. North Carolina Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_33A/GS_33A-16.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:00:32Z","sha256":"4c4ef68cf369f23f70f04bddc35ef518f6eb1a77a92436bdef7e4f9dc17a900e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-33a-15","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-33a-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}