§ 28A-19-9. Gravestone and burial place authorized. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 28A‑19‑9. Gravestone and burial place authorized.

(a)        It is lawful for apersonal representative to provide a suitable gravestone to mark the graves ofthe testator or intestate and to pay for the cost of erecting the same. Thecost thereof shall be treated as a third class claim under G.S. 28A‑19‑6and credited as such in final accounts. The costs thereof shall be in the sounddiscretion of the personal representative, having due regard to the value ofthe estate and to the interests of creditors and needs of the surviving spouseand the heirs and devisees of the estate. Where the personal representativedesires to spend more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for thepurpose of a gravestone, and the will does not grant specific authority to thepersonal representative for such expenditures in excess of one thousand fivehundred dollars ($1,500), the personal representative shall file a petitionbefore the clerk of the court, and such order as will be made by the courtshall specify the amount to be expended for such purpose. In specifying theamount, the clerk may consider the value of the estate.

(b)        It is lawful for apersonal representative to provide a suitable burial place for the testator orintestate. The cost of a suitable burial place shall be in the sound discretionof the personal representative, having due regard to the value of the estateand to the interests of creditors and needs of the surviving spouse and theheirs and devisees of the estate, and shall be treated as a third class claimunder G.S. 28A‑19‑6.  (1905, c. 444; Rev., s. 102; C.S., s. 108; 1925, c.4; 1941, c. 102; 1951, c. 373; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 2009‑288, s. 2.)