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Code of Civil Procedure § 377.31

ARTICLE 3. Decedent’s Cause of Action

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 377.31Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.

On motion after the death of a person who commenced an action or proceeding, the court shall allow a pending action or proceeding that does not abate to be continued by the decedent’s personal representative or, if none, by the decedent’s successor in interest.