28A-22-4. Distribution to nonresident trustee only upon appointment of process agent.
(a) No assets of the estate of a decedent subject to administration in this State shall be delivered or transferred to a trustee of a testamentary trust or an inter vivos trust who is a nonresident of this State who has not appointed a resident agent for the service of civil process for actions or proceedings arising out of the administration of the trust with regard to such property.
(b) If property is delivered or transferred to a trustee in violation of this section, process may be served outside this State or by publication, as provided by G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4, and the courts of this State shall have the same jurisdiction over the trustee as might have been obtained by service upon a properly appointed process agent. The provisions of this section with regard to jurisdiction shall be in addition to other means of obtaining jurisdiction permissible under the laws of this State. (1967, c. 947; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates
§ 28A-22-1 - Scheme of distribution; testate and intestate estates.
§ 28A-22-2 - Shares of after-born and after-adopted children.
§ 28A-22-3 - Special proceeding against unknown heirs of decedent before distribution of estate.
§ 28A-22-4 - Distribution to nonresident trustee only upon appointment of process agent.
§ 28A-22-5 - Distribution of assets in kind in satisfaction of devises and transfers in trust.
§ 28A-22-6 - Agreements with taxing authorities to secure benefit of federal marital deduction.
§ 28A-22-7 - Distribution to parent or guardian of a minor.
§ 28A-22-8 - Executor or trustee; discretion over distributions.
§ 28A-22-9 - Distribution to known but unlocated devisees or heirs.