The Uniform Probate Code is a uniform act drafted by National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws governing inheritance and the decedents\' estates in the United States. The primary purposes of the act were to streamline the probate process and to standardize and modernize the various state laws governing wills, trusts, and intestacy.

There are three versions of the UPC, (1) the 1969 version, (2) the 1990 revised version, and (3) the 2008 version.

North Carolina has selectively adopted certain provisions of the UPC.

Intestacy