If any person who has, in the lifetime of an intestate donor, received a part of the donor’s property, refuses, upon order of the clerk of superior court of the county in which the administrator or collector qualifies, to give an inventory on oath, setting forth therein to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief the particulars of the transfer of such property, the person shall be considered to have received the person’s full share of the donor’s estate, and shall not be entitled to receive any further part or share. ?(1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 29-28

  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Estate: means all the property of a decedent, including but not limited to:

    a. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Share: when used to describe the share of a net estate or property which any person is entitled to take, includes both the fractional share of the personal property and the undivided fractional interest in the real property, which the person is entitled to take. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2