---
type: "Bill"
title: "Effect of Caveat on Estate Administration."
description: "Effect of Caveat on Estate Administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 724"
citation: "North Carolina SB 724 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "ESTATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dcb061e-4f26-4885-8d6f-bb8f255e66f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S724&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "223a38b08d9716eb2075bfdb515137b66ca1e2fa4d76121cd5e22ebd8136842e"
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 724 (2009) — Effect of Caveat on Estate Administration.

## 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/S724v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S724v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S724v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S724v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-131 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-10** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-09** Ratified
- **2009-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2009
- **2009-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `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 III `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dcb061e-4f26-4885-8d6f-bb8f255e66f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).