2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 28A-2-3. Jurisdiction where clerk interested.

§ 28A‑2‑3.  Jurisdiction where clerk interested.

Whenever the clerk of superior court is a subscribing witness to a will offered for probate in his county or has an interest, direct or indirect, in an estate or trust within his jurisdiction, jurisdiction with respect thereto shall be vested in the senior resident superior court judge of his district, and shall extend to all things which the clerk of superior court might have done in the administration of such estate. (R.C., c. 46, s. 1; C.C.P., s. 433; 1868‑9, c. 113, s. 115; Code, s. 1374; Rev., s. 16; C.S., s. 1; 1931, c. 165; 1943, c. 543; 1951, c. 765; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1975, c. 300, s. 1.)