§ 165-39. Validity of acts of agent performed after death of principal. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 6.

Powers of Attorney.

§ 165‑39.  Validity of acts of agent performedafter death of principal.

No agency created by a power of attorney in writing given by aprincipal who is at the time of execution, or who, after executing such powerof attorney, becomes, either (i) a member of the armed forces of the UnitedStates, or (ii) a person serving as a merchant seaman outside the limits of theUnited States, included within the several states and the District of Columbia;or (iii) a person outside said limits by permission, assignment or direction ofany department or official of the United States government, in connection withany activity pertaining to or connected with the prosecution of any war inwhich the United States is then engaged, shall be revoked or terminated by thedeath of the principal, as to the agent or other person who, without actualknowledge or actual notice of the death of the principal, shall have acted orshall act, in good faith, under or in reliance upon such power of attorney oragency, and any action so taken, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable,shall be binding on the heirs, devisees, legatees, or personal representativesof the principal. (1945, c. 980, s.1; 1995, c. 379, s. 5.)