NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 610

HOUSE BILL 902

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE ESTATE OF A DECEASED SHALL BE PRIMARILY LIABLE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE DECEASED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 28-107.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:

"Sec. 28-107.1.  Funeral Expenses of Decedent. Funeral expenses of a decedent shall be considered as a debt of the estate of the decedent and the decedent's estate shall be primarily liable therefor. The provisions of this section shall not affect the application of G.S. 28-105."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed except that this Act shall not change the application of previous laws or clauses of laws as to the estate of persons dying before ratification of this Act.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1969.