North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 31C Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-1.   Application
  This Chapter applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person: (1) All personal property, wherever situated: a....
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-2.   Rebuttable presumptions
  In determining whether this Chapter applies to specific property the following rebuttable presumptions apply: (1) Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-3.   Disposition of community property upon death
  Upon death of a married person, one half of the property to which this Chapter applies is the property of the surviving spouse and...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-4.   Perfection of title of surviving spouse
  If the title to any property to which this Chapter applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, or by a...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-5.   Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee; duty of personal representative
  If the title to any property to which this Chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death,...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-6.   Written demand
  (a) Written demand in this Chapter shall be made by a surviving spouse, the spouse's successor in interest, or the decedent's heirs or devisees...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-7.   Purchaser for value or lender
  (a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this Chapter applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-8.   Creditors' rights
  This Chapter does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to which this Chapter applies. (1981, c. 882, s. 1.)
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-9.   Severing or altering of married persons
  This Chapter does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this Chapter applies. (1981, c. 882, s.
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-10.   Limitations on testamentary disposition
  This Chapter does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-11.   Uniformity of application and construction
  This Chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-12.   Short title
  This Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act. (1981, c. 882, s. 1.)

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