California Probate Code ARTICLE 5 - Sale of Personal Property

• Section 10250.
  Subject to Sections 10251 and 10252 and except as otherwise provided by statute, personal property of the estate may be sold only after notice of...
• Section 10251.
  (a) If it is shown that it will be to the advantage of the estate, the court or judge may by order shorten the time of...
• Section 10252.
  Personal property may be sold with or without notice, as the personal representative may determine, in any of the following cases:(a) Where the property is directed...
• Section 10253.
  (a) The notice of sale given pursuant to Section 10250 shall state all of the following:(1) Whether the sale is to be a private sale or a...
• Section 10254.
  (a) Unless the court orders otherwise pursuant to subdivision (b):(1) A sale of personal property at a public auction sale shall be made within this state at...
• Section 10255.
  (a) A private sale of personal property may not be made before the day stated in the notice of sale as the day on or after...
• Section 10256.
  Whether a sale of personal property is private or at public auction, bids shall substantially comply with any terms specified in the notice of sale.(Enacted...
• Section 10257.
  (a) Personal property may be sold for cash or on credit.(b) Except as may otherwise be ordered by the court pursuant to Section 10258, if a sale...
• Section 10258.
  (a) On petition of the personal representative, the court may by order authorize a sale of personal property on credit on terms providing for less than...
• Section 10259.
  (a) Title to the following personal property passes upon sale without the need for court confirmation or approval:(1) Personal property which is perishable, which will depreciate in...
• Section 10260.
  (a) Except as provided in Sections 10200, 10201, 10202, 10259, and 10503, all sales of personal property shall be reported to and be confirmed by the...
• Section 10261.
  (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, at the hearing on the petition for confirmation of the sale, the court shall examine into the necessity for...
• Section 10262.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a written offer to purchase the property is made to the court at the hearing on the petition...
• Section 10263.
  If notice of the sale was required, before an order is made confirming the sale, it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the court...
• Section 10264.
  No omission, error, or irregularity in the proceedings under this article shall impair or invalidate the proceedings or the sale pursuant to an order made...

Last modified: October 22, 2018