Vermont Registered Agent

Executor's Percentage Under North Carolina law, an executor may receive up to five percent of the value of the estate's receipts and disbursements" as compensation.

For one, the out-of-state executor must appoint a resident agent of the state. The agent would have the power to accept service of process in all actions and proceedings with respect to the estate, according to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts' Estate Procedures guide.

You must have a North Carolina address where you can physically receive and accept service of process. You must be able to forward service of process accepted on behalf of a business to the designated business.

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.

The agent for service of process can be anyone the business owner, an employee, or an outside person or service hired to fulfill the role.Many companies hire a registered agent service, a company that is set up to accept notices and service of process for other businesses.

On the form, you state that the value of the estate's personal property (everything but real estate) is less than $20,000 (or less than $30,000 if the surviving spouse inherits everything under state law) and that at least 30 days have passed since the person's death.