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Cal. Probate Code § 12504 (2026)

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“Local personal representative” means a nondomiciliary decedent’s personal representative appointed in this state.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: Smith v. Cimmet, 199 Cal. App. 4th 1381 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011).

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Smith v. Cimmet, 199 Cal. App. 4th 1381 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “(Prob. Code, §§ 12504, 12513.) The benefit of a local personal representative, from California’s perspective, is protection of the rights of California creditors who might otherwise lose access to California assets were a foreign representative permitted to remove property from…”

Hassanati v. Int'l Lease Fin. Corp., 51 F. Supp. 3d 887 (C.D. Cal. 2014). “Proceedings for the administration of an estate, including ancillary proceedings, are commenced by filing a petition for probate in California state court. Cal. Prob.Code §§ 8000, 12530. A petition must contain: (1) The date and place of the decedent’s death.”

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