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You should expect it to take a minimum of six months to a year to settle an estate because of the legal notice requirements and time that creditors have to submit claims against the estate. Creditors have 90 days from the first publication date of the notice of probate.

In North Carolina, you can make a living trust to avoid probate for virtually any asset you ownreal estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on. You need to create a trust document (it's similar to a will), naming someone to take over as trustee after your death (called a successor trustee).

Unless the Will provides otherwise, under North Carolina law, Executors or Administrators may claim a commission of up to 5% of the Estate assets and receipts, as approved by the Clerk of Court. Trusts should provide specific guidance regarding compensation.

The application must be submitted along with the will (if there is one), a preliminary inventory of the estate and a certified copy of the deceased's death certificate. The fee to open an estate is $120. Both executors and administrators are known as personal representative of the estate.

All you need to do is to file one simple form with the court. You can get a fill-in-the-blanks form, called an Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent, from the court clerk's office or the North Carolina courts website.

You should expect it to take a minimum of six months to a year to settle an estate because of the legal notice requirements and time that creditors have to submit claims against the estate. Creditors have 90 days from the first publication date of the notice of probate.

Determine Your State's Laws Regarding Inventory Forms. Review the Instructions Provided. Identify Real Property. Identify Personal Property. Identify Bank Accounts. Identify Retirement Accounts. Identify Non-Probate Assets. File the Form With the Court.

Probate is generally required in North Carolina only when a decedent owned property in their name alone. Assets that were owned with a spouse, for which beneficiaries were named outside of a will, or held in revocable living trusts, generally do not need to go through probate.

The North Carolina small estate affidavit, or 'Form AOC-E-203B', is a form that can be used when there is an estate of a decedent that consists of $20,000 or less ($30,000 or less if spouse is the affiant) in total assets. In addition, there must have elapsed 30 days since death for it to be used.