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DE-140 Order for Probate
California foreclosure, tax-defaulted, court-ordered and probate-sale law and official procedures — verbatim and citable.
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DE-140 Order for Probate Effective: January 1, 1998¶
Source: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DE-140
Order for Probate (DE-140)
States the courts decision (order) appointing the personal representative of an estate (the executor of the deceased person’s will or the administrator appointed by the court to manage the estate of a deceased person who did not have a will) and listing powers and responsibilities of the representative.
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Effective: January 1, 1998
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