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Probate Code § 12590

CHAPTER 4. Jurisdiction Over Foreign Personal Representative

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 12590Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

A sister state personal representative or foreign nation personal representative submits personally in a representative capacity to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the estate by any of the following actions:

(a) Filing a petition for ancillary administration.

(b) Receiving money or other personal property pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12570). Jurisdiction under this subdivision is limited to the amount of money and the value of personal property received.

(c) Doing any act in this state as a personal representative that would have given this state jurisdiction over the personal representative as an individual.