GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-166
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 28A-19-8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 28A-19-8. Funeral expenses of decedent.
(a) Any person
authorized under G.S. 130A-420 to dispose of a decedent's body may bind a
decedent's estate for funeral expenses and related charges, including interest
and finance charges, in accordance with this section, including the execution
and delivery on behalf of the estate of any agreements, promissory notes, and
other instruments relating to the estate. Whether or not a personal
representative of the estate has been appointed at the time the expenses are
incurred, funeral Funeral expenses of a decedent decedent,
together with interest or finance charges if financed by the funeral
establishment or a third-party creditor, shall be considered as an
obligation of the estate of the decedent and the decedent's estate shall be
primarily liable therefor. for those expenses to the funeral
establishment that provided the funeral service, to any third-party creditor
that finances the payment of those expenses, or to any other person described
in this section who has paid such expenses.
(b) The provisions
of this section shall not affect the application of G.S. 28A-19-6. G.S.
28A-19-6 or G.S. 130A-420."
Section 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of May, 1999.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 5:37 p.m. this 8th day of June, 1999