North Carolina Statutes

Chapter 28A Administration of Decedents' Estates

§ 28A-12-5 Powers and duties

(a) The public administrator shall have, in respect to the several estates in his hands, all the rights and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of other personal representatives.

(b) After the expiration of the term of office of a public administrator or his resignation as public administrator, he shall continue, subject to the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of this Chapter, to administer the several estates previously committed to him until he has fully administered the same, and his bonds shall continue in effect as to all such estates. (1868‑9, c. 113, s. 7; 1876‑7, c. 239; Code, s. 1395; Rev., s. 21; C.S., s. 21; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3.)

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