No will is valid unless it complies with the requirements of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-3.1
Will invalid unless statutory requirements complied with
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 171 N.C. App. 395 - In Re the Will of Priddy (2005)
Most recently applied in 235 N.C. App. 298 - In Re the Purported Will of Shepherd (August 2014)
1953, c. 1098, s. 2; 2025-33, s. 8.5.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.