Can estate debts be paid before an executor is appointed? | NC

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Q: How can estate debts be handled if the executor has not been formally appointed yet? A: In North Carolina, being named as executor in a will is not enough by itself. The person usually cannot use estate accounts, pay estate debts, sell estate property, or control estate assets until the Clerk of Superior Court issues letters testamentary. Before that happens, most bills should be paused,…