California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 762.030

CCP § 762.030Title 10 · Part 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal representative, the plaintiff shall join the personal representative as a defendant.

(b)If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead, or is believed by the plaintiff to be dead, and the plaintiff knows of no personal representative:

(1)The plaintiff shall state these facts in an affidavit filed with the complaint.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 15.