28A-19-4. Payment of claims and charges.
As soon as the personal representative or collector is possessed of sufficient means over and above the other costs of administration, the personal representative or collector shall pay the year's allowances in the amounts and in the manner prescribed in G.S. 30-15 to 30-33. Prior to the date specified in the general notice to creditors as provided for in G.S. 28A-14-1, the personal representative or collector may pay such other claims and charges as the personal representative or collector deems in the best interest of the estate if the total assets are sufficient to pay all claims and charges against the estate. (1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1977, c. 446, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates
Article 19 - Claims against the Estate.
§ 28A-19-1 - Manner of presentation of claims.
§ 28A-19-2 - Further information or affidavit of claim may be required.
§ 28A-19-3 - Limitations on presentation of claims.
§ 28A-19-4 - Payment of claims and charges.
§ 28A-19-5 - Contingent or unliquidated claims.
§ 28A-19-6 - Order of payment of claims.
§ 28A-19-7 - Satisfaction of claims other than by payment.
§ 28A-19-8 - Funeral expenses of decedent.
§ 28A-19-9 - Gravestone and burial place authorized.
§ 28A-19-10 - Perpetual care of cemetery lot.
§ 28A-19-11 - Pleading statute of limitations.
§ 28A-19-12 - Claims due representative not preferred.
§ 28A-19-13 - No preference within class.
§ 28A-19-14 - Claims not due rebated.
§ 28A-19-15 - Disputed claim may be referred.
§ 28A-19-16 - Disputed claim not referred barred in three months.
§ 28A-19-17 - No lien by suit against representative.