§ 28A-19-8. Funeral expenses of decedent. - North Carolina Statutes

§28A‑19‑8.  Funeral expenses of decedent.

(a)        Any personauthorized under G.S. 130A‑420 to dispose of a decedent's body may bind adecedent's estate for funeral expenses and related charges, including interestand finance charges, in accordance with this section, including the executionand delivery on behalf of the estate of any agreements, promissory notes, andother instruments relating to the estate. Whether or not a personalrepresentative of the estate has been appointed at the time the expenses are incurred,funeral expenses of a decedent, together with interest or finance charges iffinanced by the funeral establishment or a third‑party creditor, shall beconsidered as an obligation of the estate of the decedent and the decedent'sestate shall be primarily liable for those expenses to the funeralestablishment that provided the funeral service, to any third‑partycreditor that finances the payment of those expenses, or to any other persondescribed in this section who has paid such expenses.

(b)        The provisions ofthis section shall not affect the application of G.S. 28A‑19‑6 orG.S. 130A‑420. (1969, c. 610, s. 1; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1999‑166,s. 1.)