California Probate Code
§ 24
PROB § 24Div. 1 · Part 2
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov“Beneficiary” means a person to whom a donative transfer of property is made or that person’s successor in interest, and:
(a)As it relates to the intestate estate of a decedent, means an heir.
(b)As it relates to the testate estate of a decedent, means a devisee.
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Legislative history
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.