§ 28A-19-2. Further information or affidavit of claim may be required. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 28A‑19‑2. Further information or affidavit of claim may be required.

(a)        If the personalrepresentative or collector so elects, he may demand any or all of thefollowing prior to taking action on the claim:

(1)        If the claim is notyet due, that the date when it will become  due be stated;

(2)        If the claim iscontingent or unliquidated, that the nature of the uncertainty be stated;

(3)        If the claim issecured, that the security be described.

(b)        Upon any claimbeing presented against the estate in the manner prescribed in G.S. 28A‑19‑1,the personal representative or collector may require the affidavit of theclaimant or other satisfactory evidence that such claim is justly due, that nopayments  have been made thereon, and that there are no offsets against thesame, to the knowledge of the claimant; or if any payments have been made, orany offsets exist that their nature and amount be shown by the evidence orstated in the affidavit. (1868‑9, c. 113, s. 33; Code, s. 1425; Rev., s.91; C.S., s. 98; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1977, c. 446, s. 1.)