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California Probate Code

§ 7620

PROB § 7620 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2
The public administrator of the county in which the estate of a decedent may be administered shall promptly:
(a)Petition for appointment as personal representative of the estate if no person having higher priority has petitioned for appointment and the total value of the property in the decedent’s estate exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
(b)Petition for appointment as personal representative of any other estate the public administrator determines is proper.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 117, Sec. 1. (AB 1305) Effective January 1, 2012.

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