California Probate Code ARTICLE 8 - Special Administrators

• Section 8540.
  (a) If the circumstances of the estate require the immediate appointment of a personal representative, the court may appoint a special administrator to exercise any...
• Section 8541.
  (a) Appointment of a special administrator may be made at any time without notice or on such notice to interested persons as the court deems reasonable.(b) In...
• Section 8542.
  (a) The clerk shall issue letters to the special administrator after both of the following conditions are satisfied:(1) The special administrator gives any bond that may be...
• Section 8543.
  Subject to subdivision (b) of Section 8481, the court shall direct that no bond be given in either of the following cases:(a) The will waives the...
• Section 8544.
  (a) Except to the extent the order appointing a special administrator prescribes terms, the special administrator has the power to do all of the following without...
• Section 8545.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 8544, the court may grant a special administrator the same powers, duties, and obligations as a general personal representative where to do so...
• Section 8546.
  (a) The powers of a special administrator cease on issuance of letters to a general personal representative or as otherwise directed by the court.(b) The special administrator...
• Section 8547.
  (a) Subject to the limitations of this section, the court shall fix the compensation of the special administrator and the compensation of the attorney of the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018