Article 16.
Sales or Leases of Personal Property.
§ 28A‑16‑1.  Sales or leases without court order.
(a)	A personal representative has the power to sell, at either a public or private sale, or to lease, personal property of the decedent without a court order.
(b)	A personal representative who sells or leases personal property of the decedent without a court order is not required to file a special report or have the transaction confirmed by the clerk of superior court, or to follow any of the procedure set forth in Article 29A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes, entitled "Judicial Sales," but shall include in the personal representative's next account, either annual or final, a record of the receipts and disbursements incident to the transaction.  (1868‑9, c. 113, s. 16; Code, s. 1408; Rev., s. 62; C.S., s. 66; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1975, c. 300, s. 6; 2011‑344, s. 4.)