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2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession.
§ 29-7. Collateral succession limited.

§ 29‑7.  Collateral succession limited.

There shall be no right of succession by collateral kin who are more than five degrees of kinship removed from an intestate; provided that if there is no collateral relative within the five degrees of kinship referred to herein, then collateral succession shall be unlimited to prevent any property from escheating. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)

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