CHAPTER 5. Affidavit Procedure for Real Property of Small Value [13200. - 13211.]
Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
§§ 13200–13211 · 15 sections
- § 13200 (a) No sooner than six months from the death of a decedent, a person or persons claiming as successor of the decedent to a particular item of property that is…
- § 13201 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total fee for the filing of an affidavit under Section 13200 and the issuance of one certified copy of the…
- § 13202 Upon receipt of the affidavit and the required fee, the court clerk, upon determining that the affidavit is complete and has the required attachments, shall…
- § 13202.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Transferee” means a person designated as a successor of the decedent in…
- § 13203 (a) A person acting in good faith and for a valuable consideration with a person designated as a successor of the decedent to a particular item of property in…
- § 13204 (a) A transferee is personally liable to the extent provided in this section for the unsecured debts of the decedent. That debt may be enforced against the…
- § 13204.5 (a) If proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced, a transferee is personally liable to the estate for a share of the decedent’s…
- § 13205 (a) A transferee is personally liable to any person having a superior right to transferred property by testate or intestate succession from the decedent.…
- § 13205.5 (a) If proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced, a transferee may voluntarily return transferred property to the decedent’s…
- § 13206 (a) If property is transferred to a transferee under this chapter, and the decedent’s personal representative later determines that another person has a…
- § 13208 The remedies available under Sections 13204 to 13206, inclusive, are in addition to any remedies available by reason of any fraud or intentional wrongdoing.
- § 13208.5 (a) If the transferee’s action or inaction increased the value of property returned to the estate or decreased the estate’s obligations, the personal…
- § 13209 If transferred property is returned to the estate under Sections 13205.5 or 13206, the value of that property shall be included in the total value of the…
- § 13210 The procedure provided by this chapter may be used only if one of the following requirements is satisfied: (a) No proceeding for the administration of the…
- § 13211 If the court finds that a person designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of an affidavit issued under Section 13202 has acted reasonably…