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Chapter 31 — Wills
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Article 2.
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Article 3.
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Article 4.
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Article 4A.
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Article 5.
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Article 6.
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Article 7.
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Article 8.
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Article 9.
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Article 10.
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Article 11.
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Chapter 31.
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§ 31-2. Repealed by Session Laws 1953, c.
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§ 31-3: Rewritten and renumbered as G.S.
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§ 31-3.1. Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with.
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§ 31-3.2. Kinds of wills.
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§ 31-3.3. Attested written will.
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§ 31-3.4. Holographic will.
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§ 31-3.5. Nuncupative will.
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§ 31-3.6. Seal not required.
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§ 31-4: Repealed by Session Laws 2015-205, s.
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§ 31-4.1: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s.
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§ 31-4.2: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-181, s.
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§ 31-5.1. Revocation of written will.
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§ 31-5.2. Revocation of nuncupative will.
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§ 31-5.3. Will not revoked by marriage; dissent from will made prior to marriage.
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§ 31-5.4. Revocation by divorce or annulment; revival.
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§ 31-5.5. After-born or after-adopted child; children born out of wedlock; effect on will.
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§ 31-5.6. No revocation by subsequent conveyance.
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§ 31-5.7. Specific provisions for revocation exclusive; effect of changes in circumstances.
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§ 31-5.8. Revival of revoked will.
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§ 31-6: Renumbered as G.S.
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§ 31-7. Repealed by Session Laws 1953, c.
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§ 31-8: Renumbered as G.S.
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§ 31-9. Executor competent witness.
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§ 31-10. Beneficiary competent witness; when interest rendered void.
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§ 31-10.1. Corporate trustee not disqualified by witnessing of will by stockholder.
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§§ 31-11.1 through 31-11.5.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§ 31-18: §§ 31-12 through 31-31.2: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§§ 31-25 through 31-25.1: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§ 31-26: Recodified as Article 2A of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, G.S.
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§ 31-33. Cause transferred to trial docket.
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§ 31-34: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-344, s.
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§ 31-35. Affidavit of witness as evidence.
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§ 31-36. Effect of caveat on estate administration.
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§ 31-37: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-344, s.
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§ 31-37.1. Settlement agreement; filing of judgment.
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§ 31-39. Probate necessary to pass title; rights of lien creditors and purchasers; recordation in county where real property lies.
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§ 31-40. What property passes by will.
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§ 31-41. Will relates to death of testator.
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§ 31-42. Failure of devises by lapse or otherwise; renunciation; 120-hour survivorship requirement, revised simultaneous death act, Article 24, Chapter 28A.
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§§ 31-42.1 through 31-42.2.
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§ 31-43: Repealed by Session Laws 2015-205, s.
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§ 31-44. Repealed by Session Laws 1951, c.
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§ 31-45: Rewritten and renumbered as G.S.
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§ 31-46. Validity of will; which laws govern.
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§ 31-46.1. Construction of certain formula clauses applicable to estates of decedents dying in calendar year 2010.
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§ 31-48: Reserved for future codification purposes.
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§ 31-49: Reserved for future codification purposes.
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§ 31-50: Reserved for future codification purposes.
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§ 31-52. Acts and events of independent significance.
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§ 31-62. Modification of will to achieve testator's tax objectives.
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§ 31-63. Filing of action for reformation or modification of will; bar to caveat.
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§ 31-72. Storage of attested written will by a licensed attorney as an electronic record.
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§ 31-73. Certification of paper copy of attested written will stored as an electronic record.
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