§ 31-8 – Renumbered as G.S31-5.6 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s8.
31-8: Renumbered as G.S. 31-5.6 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 8.
§ 31-1 – Who may make will.
31-1. Who may make will. Any person of sound mind, and 18 years of age or over, may make a will. (1811, c. 280; R.C., c. 119, s. 2; Code, s. 2137; Rev., s. 3111; C.S., s. 4128; 1953, c. 1098, s. 1; 1965, c. 303; 1969, c. 39.)
§ 31-3 – Rewritten and renumbered as G.S.1 to .6 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s2.
31-3: Rewritten and renumbered as G.S. 31-3.1 to 31-3.6 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 2.
§ 31-3.1 – Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with.
31-3.1. Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with. No will is valid unless it complies with the requirements prescribed therefor by this Article. (1953, c. 1098, s. 2.)
§ 31-3.2 – Kinds of wills.
31-3.2. Kinds of wills. (a) Personal property and real property may be devised by (1) An attested written will which complies with the requirements of G.S. 31-3.3, or (2) A holographic will which complies with the requirements of G.S. 31-3.4. (b) Personal property may also be devised by a nuncupative will which complies with the […]
§ 31-3.3 – Attested written will.
31-3.3. Attested written will. (a) An attested written will is a written will signed by the testator and attested by at least two competent witnesses as provided by this section. (b) The testator must, with intent to sign the will, do so by actually signing the will or by having someone else in the testator’s […]
§ 31-3.4 – Holographic will.
31-3.4. Holographic will. (a) A holographic will is a will that meets all of the following requirements: (1) Written entirely in the handwriting of the testator but when all the words appearing on a paper in the handwriting of the testator are sufficient to constitute a valid holographic will, the fact that other words or […]
§ 31-3.5 – Nuncupative will.
31-3.5. Nuncupative will. A nuncupative will is a will (1) Made orally by a person who is in that person’s last sickness or in imminent peril of death and who does not survive such sickness or imminent peril, and (2) Declared to be that person’s will before two competent witnesses simultaneously present at the making […]
§ 31-3.6 – Seal not required.
31-3.6. Seal not required. A seal is not necessary to the validity of a will. (1953, c. 1098, s. 2.)
§ 31-5 – Rewritten and renumbered as G.S.1 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s3.
31-5: Rewritten and renumbered as G.S. 31-5.1 by Session Laws 1953, c. 1098, s. 3.