§ 28A-4-2. Persons disqualified to serve as personal representative.
§28A‑4‑2. Persons disqualified to serve as personal representative.
No person is qualified toserve as a personal representative who:
(1) Is under 18 years ofage;
(2) Has been adjudgedincompetent in a formal proceeding and remains under such disability;
(3) Is a convictedfelon, under the laws either of the United States or of any state or territoryof the United States, or of the District of Columbia and whose citizenship hasnot been restored;
(4) Is a nonresident ofthis State who has not appointed a resident agent to accept service of processin all actions or proceedings with respect to the estate, and caused suchappointment to be filed with the court; or who is a resident of this State whohas, subsequent to appointment as a personal representative, moved from thisState without appointing such process agent;
(5) Is a corporation notauthorized to act as a personal representative in this State;
(6) Repealed by SessionLaws 1999‑133, s. 1.
(7) Has lost his rightsas provided by Chapter 31A;
(8) Is illiterate;
(9) Is a person whom theclerk of superior court finds otherwise unsuitable; or
(10) Is a person who hasrenounced either expressly or by implication as provided in G.S. 28A‑5‑1and 28A‑5‑2. (C.C.P., s. 457; Code, ss. 1377, 1378, 2162; Rev., s. 5;C.S., s. 8; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 1999‑133, s. 1.)