28A-18-7. Execution by successor in office.
Any personal representative or collector may have execution issued on any judgment recovered by any person who preceded the personal representative or collector in the administration of the estate, or by the decedent, in the same cases and the same manner as the original plaintiff might have done. (1868-9, c. 113, s. 84; Code, s. 1513; Rev., s. 164; C.S., s. 168; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 2011-344, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates
Article 18 - Actions and Proceedings.
§ 28A-18-1 - Survival of actions to and against personal representative.
§ 28A-18-2 - Death by wrongful act of another; recovery not assets.
§ 28A-18-3 - To sue or defend in representative capacity.
§ 28A-18-4 - Service on or appearance of one binds all.
§ 28A-18-5 - When creditors may sue on claim; execution in such action.
§ 28A-18-6 - Service by publication on executor without bond.