California Probate Code CHAPTER 5 - Affidavit Procedure for Real Property of Small Value

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 13204.
  Each person who is designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of an affidavit issued under Section 13202 is personally liable...
• Section 13205.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each person who is designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of any affidavit issued...
• Section 13206.
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e), if proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced, or if the decedent’s personal representative...
• Section 13207.
  (a) A person designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of an affidavit issued under Section 13202 is not liable under Section...
• Section 13208.
  The remedies available under Sections 13204 to 13207, inclusive, are in addition to any remedies available by reason of any fraud or intentional wrongdoing.(Enacted by...
• Section 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 decedent’s...

Last modified: October 22, 2018