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Santa Barbara: What is the Public Administrator?

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2026-09-26
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Santa Barbara: What is the Public Administrator?

Source: https://www.countyofsb.org/tt-public-administrator?contentId=596fc0b2-39fd-4db1-9ac0-203967a7c4a1

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The Public Administrator is a fiduciary who may distribute estate assets of deceased county residents when no personal representative is appointed administrator. The Public Administrator only acts as a last resort when no one else with higher authority acts.

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