§ 47-1 Officials of State authorized to take probate
§ 47-2 Officials of the United States, foreign countries, and sister states
§ 47-2.1 Validation of instruments proved before officers of certain ranks
§ 47-2.2 Notary public of sister state; lack of seal or stamp or expiration date of commission
§ 47-5 When seal of officer necessary to probate
§ 47-6 Officials may act although land or maker’s residence elsewhere
§ 47-8.1 Certain documents verified by attorneys validated
§ 47-9 Probates before stockholders in building and loan associations
§ 47-10 Probate before stockholders or directors in banking corporations
§ 47-11 Subpoenas to maker and subscribing witnesses
§ 47-12 Proof of attested instrument by subscribing witness
§ 47-12.1 Proof of attested instrument by proof of handwriting
§ 47-12.2 Subscribing witness incompetent when grantee or beneficiary
§ 47-13 Proof of unattested writing
§ 47-13.1 Certificate of officer taking proof of instrument
§ 47-14 Register of deeds to verify the presence of proof or acknowledgement and register instruments and electronic documents; order by judge; instruments to which register of deeds is a party
§ 47-14.1 Repeal of laws requiring private examination of married women
§ 47-16 Probate of corporate deeds, where corporation has ceased to exist
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 47 > Article 1 - Probate

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • oath: shall be construed to include "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of such official seal, made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of a wafer or of wax affixed thereto. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3