---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice to Creditors Without Estate Admin."
description: "Notice to Creditors Without Estate Admin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 606"
citation: "North Carolina SB 606 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "ESTATES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a8eb45-7507-4458-aa05-3473baf018e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S606&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9b116e35a90bba6b9dbd103e6f9c56ac0c0d9a4cb52c8575fa6e01a84de3ba64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 606 (2009) — Notice to Creditors Without Estate Admin.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-444 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-29** Ratified
- **2009-07-28** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-07-27** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77a8eb45-7507-4458-aa05-3473baf018e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).