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Do You Have to File Your Own Will with The Court? Technically, you do not need to file your will with the court while you are still living. But, it could be beneficial to your family or your executor to have the will entrusted to a third party where it can easily be produced.

In North Carolina, a will can be challenged on several different grounds, including fraud, forgery, lack of capacity, and undue influence. If an elderly, sick, or otherwise vulnerable person's will is drafted or altered because of improper pressure from another person, it might not reflect their true last wishes.

A will in North Carolina generally must be self-proving. This means that the will must have been signed by two disinterested witnesses in front of a notary and the person making the will must be over 18 and of sound mind.

A will does not have to be ?recorded? to be valid while a person is living. The only time a will needs to be ?recorded? is following the death of the person that created the will, at which point the Will may need to be filed with the Clerk to start the probate process.

When a power of attorney is used to transfer land or to do business on behalf of a person who has become incapacitated, it must be recorded. As a general rule, however, a power of attorney does not need to be recorded in North Carolina in order to be effective.

After someone has died, the will may be filed with a clerk of court. A decedent's will becomes a public record when it is filed, after the decedent's death, with the clerk of court. Any person may view a public record or request a copy of a public record for a fee.