§ 28C-20 – Provisions applicable to person held incommunicado in foreign country.
28C-20. Provisions applicable to person held incommunicado in foreign country. As to a person who is known to be held incommunicado in a foreign country, G.S. 28C-1 through 28C-8 and G.S. 28C-10 may be applied as though the person were an absentee within the meaning of this Chapter, and if the person’s whereabouts becomes unknown, […]
§ 28C-21 – When agents' acts binding on estate of absentee.
28C-21. When agents’ acts binding on estate of absentee. Acts of an agent of an absentee, carried out in good faith, prior to the appointment of a receiver under this Chapter, shall be binding on the estate of such absentee if said acts were within the scope of the agent’s real or apparent authority. (1965, […]
§ 28C-22 – Provisions of Chapter severable.
28C-22. Provisions of Chapter severable. If any provisions of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter […]
§ 28C-15 – When claim of absentee barred.
28C-15. When claim of absentee barred. No action shall be brought by an absentee to recover any portion of the property which is the subject of this proceeding after a final finding and decree as provided for in G.S. 28C-11(a) or 28C-11(c). (1965, c. 815, s. 1; 1973, c. 1329, s. 2.)
§ 28C-16 – Laws of administration of estates applicable.
28C-16. Laws of administration of estates applicable. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the laws of this State applicable to administration of decedents’ estates as to the amount and type of bond, inventories, reports, priority of creditors, compensation and court costs shall govern receivers appointed under this Chapter. (1965, c. 815, s. 1; 1973, […]
§ 28C-17 – Appointment of public administrator as receiver for estate of less than $1,000.
28C-17. Appointment of public administrator as receiver for estate of less than $1,000. Whenever a receiver is to be appointed under this Chapter, and it is found by the judge that the fair value of the estate involved is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the judge shall appoint the public administrator as such receiver, […]
§ 28C-18 – Payment of insurance policies.
28C-18. Payment of insurance policies. (a) At the time of the distribution under G.S. 28C-13 the judge may direct the payment of any sums as they become due on any policies of insurance upon the life of the absentee, to the proper parties as their interest may appear. (b) If the insurer refuses payment, the […]
§ 28C-19 – Absentee Insurance Fund.
28C-19. Absentee Insurance Fund. (a) In each case of termination of the receivership, as provided in G.S. 28C-12, subdivisions (1) and (3), the judge shall set aside the sum therein named for the Absentee Insurance Fund and direct its payment by the receiver to the Treasurer of the State, who shall be liable therefor upon […]
§ 28C-5 – Service of notices.
28C-5. Service of notices. All notices required under this Chapter shall be served on all parties to the action and on all other persons entitled to such notice in the manner now prescribed by Rules of Civil Procedure, and in addition thereto the absentee shall be served by publication once in each of four successive […]
§ 28C-6 – Procedure after notice.
28C-6. Procedure after notice. The absentee or any person entitled to notice as provided in G.S. 28C-4 may appear and show cause why a permanent receiver of the absentee’s property should not be appointed to hold and dispose of the property under the provisions of this Chapter. The judge may, after the hearing, either dismiss […]