CHAPTER 4. Public Administrators [7600. - 7666.]

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

§§ 7600–7666 · 25 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Taking Temporary Possession or Control of Property §§ 7600–7605 · 8 sections

   • § 7600 If a public officer or employee knows of property of a decedent that is subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation and that ought to be in the…
   • § 7600.5 If a person dies in a hospital, convalescent hospital, or board and care facility without known next of kin, the person in charge of the hospital or facility…
   • § 7600.6 A funeral director in control of the decedent’s remains pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code shall notify the public…
   • § 7601 (a) If no personal representative has been appointed, the public administrator of a county shall take prompt possession or control of property of a decedent in…
   • § 7602 (a) A public administrator who is authorized to take possession or control of property of a decedent under this article shall make a prompt search for other…
   • § 7603 (a) A public administrator who is authorized to take possession or control of property of a decedent pursuant to this article may issue a written certification…
   • § 7604 If the public administrator takes possession or control of property of a decedent under this article, but another person is subsequently appointed personal…
   • § 7605 On or before January 1, 2010, the public administrator shall comply with the continuing education requirements that are established by the California State…
2. ARTICLE 2. Appointment as Personal Representative §§ 7620–7624 · 5 sections

   • § 7620 The public administrator of the county in which the estate of a decedent may be administered shall promptly: (a) Petition for appointment as personal…
   • § 7621 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, appointment of the public administrator as personal representative shall be made, and letters issued, in the…
   • § 7622 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: (a) The public administrator shall administer the estate in the same manner as a personal representative…
   • § 7623 (a) As used in this section, “additional compensation” means the difference between the reasonable compensation of the public administrator in administering…
   • § 7624 (a) If after final distribution of an estate any money remains in the possession of the public administrator that should be paid over to the county treasurer…
3. ARTICLE 3. Deposit of Money of Estate §§ 7640–7644 · 5 sections

   • § 7640 (a) The public administrator shall, upon receipt, deposit all money of the estate in an insured account in a financial institution or with the county treasurer…
   • § 7641 Money deposited in a financial institution or with the county treasurer under this article may be withdrawn upon the order of the public administrator when…
   • § 7642 (a) The public administrator shall credit each estate with the highest rate of interest or dividends that the estate would have received if the funds available…
   • § 7643 (a) The county treasurer shall receive and safely keep all money deposited with the county treasurer under this chapter and pay the money out on the order of…
   • § 7644 (a) If a deposit in a financial institution is made under this article, money remaining unclaimed at the expiration of five years after the date of the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Summary Disposition of Small Estates §§ 7660–7666 · 7 sections

   • § 7660 (a) If a public administrator takes possession or control of an estate pursuant to this chapter, the public administrator may, acting as personal…
   • § 7661 A public administrator acting under authority of this article may: (a) Withdraw money or take possession of any other property of the decedent that is in the…
   • § 7662 The public administrator acting under authority of this article shall pay out the money of the estate in the order prescribed in Section 11420, for expenses of…
   • § 7663 (a) After payment of debts pursuant to Section 7662, but in no case before four months after court authorization of the public administrator to act under this…
   • § 7664 A person to whom property is distributed under this article is personally liable for the unsecured debts of the decedent. Such a debt may be enforced against…
   • § 7665 (a) The public administrator shall file with the clerk a statement showing the property of the decedent that came into possession of the public administrator…
   • § 7666 (a) Except as provided in Section 7623 and in subdivision (b), the compensation payable to the public administrator and the attorney, if any, for the public…