California Legal Codes and Statutes

Division 7 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS

California Probate Code — §§ 7000-12591

Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§§ 7000-7666
Chapter 1 - Passage of Decedent’s Property
§§ 7000-7001
Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Courts
§§ 7050-7072
Article 1 - Jurisdiction and Venue
§§ 7050-7052
Article 2 - Disqualification of Judge
§§ 7060
Article 3 - Transfer of Proceedings
§§ 7070-7072
Chapter 3 - Rules of Procedure
§§ 7220-7280
Article 2 - New Trials
§§ 7220
Article 3.5 - Judgments and Orders
§§ 7250
Article 4 - Orders and Transactions Affecting Property
§§ 7260-7263
Article 5 - United States as Interested Person
§§ 7280
Chapter 4 - Public Administrators
§§ 7600-7666
Article 1 - Taking Temporary Possession or Control of Property
§§ 7600-7605
Article 2 - Appointment as Personal Representative
§§ 7620-7624
Article 3 - Deposit of Money of Estate
§§ 7640-7644
Article 4 - Summary Disposition of Small Estates
§§ 7660-7666
Part 2 - OPENING ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
§§ 8000-8577
Chapter 1 - Commencement of Proceedings
§§ 8000-8007
Chapter 2 - Notice of Hearing
§§ 8100-8125
Article 1 - Contents
§§ 8100
Article 2 - Service of Notice of Hearing
§§ 8110-8113
Article 3 - Publication
§§ 8120-8125
Chapter 3 - Probate of Will
§§ 8200-8272
Article 1 - Production of Will
§§ 8200-8203
Article 2 - Proof of Will
§§ 8220-8226
Article 3 - Contest of Will
§§ 8250-8254
Article 4 - Revocation of Probate
§§ 8270-8272
Chapter 4 - Appointment of Personal Representative
§§ 8400-8577
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8400-8405
Article 2 - Executors
§§ 8420-8425
Article 3 - Administrators With the Will Annexed
§§ 8440-8442
Article 4 - Administrators
§§ 8460-8469
Article 5 - Bond
§§ 8480-8488
Article 6 - Removal From Office
§§ 8500-8505
Article 7 - Changes in Administration
§§ 8520-8525
Article 8 - Special Administrators
§§ 8540-8547
Article 9 - Nonresident Personal Representative
§§ 8570-8577
Part 3 - INVENTORY AND APPRAISAL
§§ 8800-8980
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8800-8804
Chapter 2 - Inventory
§§ 8850-8873
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8850-8852
Article 2 - Discovery of Property of Decedent
§§ 8870-8873
Chapter 3 - Appraisal
§§ 8900-8980
Article 1 - Procedure
§§ 8900-8909
Article 2 - Designation and Removal of Probate Referee
§§ 8920-8924
Article 3 - Time for Probate Referee Appraisal
§§ 8940-8941
Article 4 - Commission and Expenses of Probate Referee
§§ 8960-8964
Article 5 - Transitional Provision
§§ 8980
Part 4 - CREDITOR CLAIMS
§§ 9000-9399
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9000-9004
Chapter 2 - Notice to Creditors
§§ 9050-9054
Chapter 3 - Time for Filing Claims
§§ 9100-9104
Chapter 4 - Filing of Claims
§§ 9150-9154
Chapter 5 - Claims by Public Entities
§§ 9200-9205
Chapter 6 - Allowance and Rejection of Claims
§§ 9250-9256
Chapter 7 - Claims Established by Judgment
§§ 9300-9304
Chapter 8 - Claims in Litigation
§§ 9350-9399
Article 1 - Claim Where No Pending Action or Proceeding
§§ 9350-9354
Article 2 - Claim Where Action or Proceeding Pending
§§ 9370
Article 3 - Litigation Where No Claim Required
§§ 9390-9392
Article 4 - Transitional Provision
§§ 9399
Part 5 - ESTATE MANAGEMENT
§§ 9600-10382
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9600-9645
Article 1 - Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative
§§ 9600-9606
Article 2 - Court Supervision
§§ 9610-9614
Article 3 - Summary Determination of Disputes
§§ 9620-9621
Article 4 - Joint Personal Representatives
§§ 9630-9631
Article 5 - Independent Administration
§§ 9640
Article 6 - Transitional Provision
§§ 9645
Chapter 2 - Estate Management Generally
§§ 9650-9657
Chapter 3 - Deposit of Money and Personal Property With Financial Institutions
§§ 9700-9705
Chapter 4 - Investments and Purchase of Property
§§ 9730-9737
Chapter 5 - Operation of Decedent’s Business
§§ 9760-9765
Chapter 6 - Abandonment of Tangible Personal Property
§§ 9780-9788
Chapter 7 - Borrowing, Refinancing, and Encumbering Property
§§ 9800-9807
Chapter 8 - Actions and Proceedings by or Against Personal Representative
§§ 9820-9823
Chapter 9 - Compromise of Claims and Actions; Extension, Renewal, or Modification of Obligations
§§ 9830-9839
Chapter 10 - Acceptance of Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure or Trustee’s Sale; Grant of Partial Satisfaction or Partial Reconveyance
§§ 9850-9851
Chapter 12 - Purchase of Claims or Estate Property by Personal Representative or Personal Representative’s Attorney
§§ 9880-9885
Chapter 13 - Dedication or Conveyance to Governmental Entity; Easements and Access Rights
§§ 9900-9901
Chapter 14 - Exchange of Property
§§ 9920-9923
Chapter 15 - Leases
§§ 9940-9948
Chapter 16 - Granting Option to Purchase Real Property
§§ 9960-9966
Chapter 17 - Option to Purchase Given in Will
§§ 9980-9983
Chapter 18 - Sales
§§ 10000-10382
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 10000-10006
Article 2 - Contract With Agent, Broker, or Auctioneer
§§ 10150-10151
Article 3 - Compensation of Agent, Broker, or Auctioneer
§§ 10160-10168
Article 4 - Special Provisions Applicable to Particular Types of Property
§§ 10200-10207
Article 5 - Sale of Personal Property
§§ 10250-10264
Article 6 - Sale of Real Property
§§ 10300-10316
Article 7 - Vacating Sale for Purchaser’s Default; Liability of Defaulting Purchaser for Damages
§§ 10350-10351
Article 8 - Application of Sale Proceeds of Encumbered Property; Sale to Lienholder
§§ 10360-10363
Article 9 - Damages and Recovery of Property
§§ 10380-10382
Part 6 - INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
§§ 10400-10592
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 10400-10406
Chapter 2 - Granting or Revoking Independent Administration Authority
§§ 10450-10454
Chapter 3 - Administration Under Independent Administration Authority
§§ 10500-10564
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 10500-10503
Article 2 - Powers Exercisable Only After Giving Notice of Proposed Action
§§ 10510-10520
Article 3 - Powers the Exercise of Which Requires Giving of Notice of Proposed Action Under Some Circumstances
§§ 10530-10538
Article 4 - Powers Exercisable Without Giving Notice of Proposed Action
§§ 10550-10564
Chapter 4 - Notice of Proposed Action Procedure
§§ 10580-10592
Part 7 - COMPENSATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND ATTORNEY FOR THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
§§ 10800-10850
Chapter 1 - Amount of Compensation
§§ 10800-10814
Article 1 - Compensation of Personal Representative
§§ 10800-10805
Article 2 - Compensation of Attorney For the Personal Representative
§§ 10810-10814
Chapter 2 - Allowance of Compensation by Court
§§ 10830-10832
Part - Application of Part
§§ 10850
Part 8 - ACCOUNTS
§§ 10900-11052
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 10900-10902
Chapter 2 - When Account Required
§§ 10950-10954
Chapter 3 - Settlement of Account
§§ 11000-11005
Chapter 4 - Compelling Account
§§ 11050-11052
Part 9 - PAYMENT OF DEBTS
§§ 11400-11467
Chapter 1 - Definitions and Preliminary Provisions
§§ 11400-11405
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 11400-11402
Article 2 - Proceedings Commenced Before July 1, 1988
§§ 11405
Chapter 2 - General Provisions
§§ 11420-11429
Chapter 3 - Allocation of Debts Between Estate and Surviving Spouse
§§ 11440-11446
Chapter 4 - Debts That are Contingent, Disputed, or Not Due
§§ 11460-11467
Part 10 - DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE
§§ 11600-12007
Chapter 1 - Order for Distribution
§§ 11600-11642
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 11600-11605
Article 2 - Preliminary Distribution
§§ 11620-11624
Article 3 - Final Distribution
§§ 11640-11642
Chapter 2 - Determination of Persons Entitled to Distribution
§§ 11700-11705
Chapter 3 - Distribution of Property in Estate
§§ 11750-11754
Chapter 4 - Deceased Distributee
§§ 11801-11802
Chapter 5 - Deposit with County Treasurer
§§ 11850-11854
Chapter 6 - Distribution to State
§§ 11900-11904
Chapter 7 - Partition or Allotment of Property
§§ 11950-11956
Chapter 8 - Interest and Income Accruing During Administration
§§ 12000-12007
Part 11 - CLOSING ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
§§ 12200-12252
Chapter 1 - Time for Closing Estate
§§ 12200-12206
Chapter 2 - Discharge of Personal Representative
§§ 12250-12252
Part 12 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF MISSING PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD
§§ 12400-12408
Part 13 - NONDOMICILIARY DECEDENTS
§§ 12500-12591
Chapter 1 - Definitions
§§ 12500-12507
Chapter 2 - Ancillary Administration
§§ 12510-12542
Article 1 - Opening Ancillary Administration
§§ 12510-12513
Article 2 - Probate of Nondomiciliary Decedent’s Will Admitted to Probate in Sister State or Foreign Nation
§§ 12520-12524
Article 3 - Application of General Provisions
§§ 12530
Article 4 - Distribution of Property to Sister State Personal Representative
§§ 12540-12542
Chapter 3 - Collection of Personal Property of Small Estate by Sister State Personal Representative Without Ancillary Administration
§§ 12570-12573
Chapter 4 - Jurisdiction Over Foreign Personal Representative
§§ 12590-12591