{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"5022","citation":"Prob. Code, § 5022","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000. - 5705.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5"},{"name":"PART 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EFFECT OF DEATH [5000. - 5048.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property [5010. - 5032.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5/part-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Consent to Nonprobate Transfer [5020. - 5023.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5/part-1/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3.   Effective January 1, 1994.","effective":"1994-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property.</p><p>(b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section <a href=\"/fam/852\">852</a> of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.</p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property. (b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/consent-to-nonprobate-transfer-5022","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}