California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - Appointment and Revocation

• Section 400.
  (a) The Controller shall appoint at least one person in each county to act as a probate referee for the county.(b) If there are fewer than three...
• Section 401.
  (a) Appointment shall be from among persons passing a qualification examination. A person who passes the examination is eligible for appointment for a period of five...
• Section 402.
  (a) The qualification examination for applicants for appointment to act as a probate referee shall be held at times and places within the state determined by...
• Section 403.
  (a) The term of office of a probate referee is four years, expiring June 30. A person may be appointed to complete the unexpired term of...
• Section 404.
  (a) The Controller shall establish and may amend standards of training, performance, and ethics of probate referees. The standards are a public record.(b) The Controller may revoke...
• Section 405.
  Notwithstanding Section 404, the Controller may, at the Controller’s pleasure, revoke the appointment of a person to act as a probate referee. Under this section,...
• Section 406.
  (a) The authority of a person to act as a probate referee ceases immediately upon expiration of the person’s term of office, revocation of the person’s...
• Section 407.
  (a) As used in this section, “prohibited political activity” means directly or indirectly soliciting, receiving, or contributing, or being in any manner involved in soliciting, receiving,...
• Section 408.
  The appointment of a probate referee by the Controller before July 1, 1989, is not invalidated by the repeal of the law under which the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018