28A-25-5. Subsequently appointed personal representative or collector.
Nothing in this Article shall preclude any interested person, including the affiant, from petitioning the clerk of superior court for the appointment of a personal representative or collector to conclude the administration of the decedent's estate. If such is done, the affiant who has been collecting personal property by affidavit shall cease to do so, shall deliver all assets in the affiant's possession to the personal representative, and shall render a proper accounting to the personal representative or collector. A copy of the accounting shall also be filed with the clerk having jurisdiction over the personal representative or collector. (1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1975, c. 300, s. 10; 1985, c. 651, s. 6; 1987, c. 670, s. 5; 2011-344, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates
§ 28A-25-1 - Collection of property by affidavit when decedent dies intestate.
§ 28A-25-1.1 - Collection of property by affidavit when decedent dies testate.
§ 28A-25-2 - Effect of affidavit.
§ 28A-25-3 - Disbursement and distribution of property collected by affidavit.
§ 28A-25-4 - Clerk may compel compliance.
§ 28A-25-5 - Subsequently appointed personal representative or collector.
§ 28A-25-6 - Payment to clerk of money owed decedent.
§ 28A-25-7 - Removal of tangible personal property by landlord after death of residential tenant.