{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-39-13.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-13.3","heading":"Conveyances between husband and wife.","body":"(a)\tA conveyance from a husband or wife to the other spouse of real property or any interest in real property owned by the grantor alone vests the property or interest in the grantee. The conveyance does not waive or release any of the following rights or claims that the grantor may have acquired by marriage in the property conveyed:\n(1)\tA right to an elective life estate under G.S. 29-30, unless the instrument of conveyance expressly waives the right, as provided in G.S. 29-30(a)(2a).\n(2)\tA right or claim to an equitable distribution with respect to the property under G.S. 50-20. A right or claim for equitable distribution shall not be waived or released in the instrument of conveyance.\n(b)\tRecodified as G.S. 41-56(b) by Session Laws 2020-50, s. 1(b), effective June 30, 2020.\n(c)\tRecodified as G.S. 41-63(4) by Session Laws 2020-50, s. 1(b), effective June 30, 2020.\n(d)\tThe joinder of the spouse of the grantor in any conveyance made by a husband or a wife pursuant to this section is not necessary.\n(e)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2025-25, s. 48(a), effective October 1, 2025. (1957, c. 598, s. 1; 1965, c. 878, s. 3; 1977, c. 375, s. 9; 2020-50, s. 1(b); 2025-25, s. 48(a).)","path":["Chapter 39. Conveyances.","Article 2. Conveyances by Husband and Wife."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_39/GS_39-13.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:02:02Z","sha256":"85eabc45e39f72cf402dc54763b2ffacf7b3b66861e5eb276796f44c28843239","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-39-13.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-39-13.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}