California Probate Code

§ 331

PROB § 331 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Part 10

Statute text

(a)This section applies only to a safe deposit box in a financial institution held by the decedent in the decedent’s sole name, or held by the decedent and others where all are deceased. Nothing in this section affects the rights of a surviving coholder.

(b)A person who has a key to the safe deposit box may, before letters have been issued, obtain access to the safe deposit box only for the purposes specified in this section by providing the financial institution with both of the following:

(1)Proof of the decedent’s death. Proof shall be provided by a certified copy of the decedent’s death certificate or by a written statement of death from the coroner, treating physician, or hospital or institution where the decedent died.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 6. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.