California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

• Section 12500.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12501.
  “Ancillary administration” means proceedings in this state for administration of the estate of a nondomiciliary decedent.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12502.
  “Foreign nation” means a jurisdiction other than a state of the United States.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12503.
  “Foreign nation personal representative” means a personal representative appointed in a jurisdiction other than a state of the United States.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12504.
  “Local personal representative” means a nondomiciliary decedent’s personal representative appointed in this state.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12505.
  “Nondomiciliary decedent” means a person who dies domiciled in a sister state or foreign nation.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12506.
  “Sister state” means a state other than this state.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 12507.
  “Sister state personal representative” means a personal representative appointed in a sister state.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018