{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-2-208","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-2-208","heading":"Accounting to clerk.","body":"(a)\tNo trustee, including a trustee appointed by the clerk of superior court, is required to account to the clerk of superior court unless the trust instrument directs that the trustee is required to account to the clerk of superior court or unless the trustee is otherwise required by law to account to the clerk of superior court.\n(b)\tIf the trustee is required to account to the clerk of superior court, the trustee shall not be permitted to resign as trustee until a final account of the trust estate is filed with the clerk of superior court and until the court is satisfied that the account is true and correct, unless the terms of the trust instrument provide otherwise.\n(c)\tNotwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, under a proceeding brought under G.S. 36C-4-405.1, the clerk of superior court may require a trustee of a charitable trust to account to the clerk of superior court. (1911, c. 39, s. 6; C.S., s. 4029; 1977, c. 502, s. 2; 2001-413, s. 1; 2003-261, s. 4; 2005-192, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 36C. North Carolina Uniform Trust Code.","Article 2. Judicial Proceedings."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_36C/GS_36C-2-208.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:01:17Z","sha256":"623378fd5b0cc24eb4f9dc6b6a247c2b92f1f6497992efc406a576ba58efbf06","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-2-207","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-2-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}