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DIVISION 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS 7000-12591›PART 13. NONDOMICILIARY DECEDENTS 12500-12591›CHAPTER 2. Ancillary Administration 12510-12542›ARTICLE 1. Opening Ancillary Administration 12510-12513

§ 12513

California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the decedent dies while domiciled in a sister state, a personal representative appointed by a court of the decedent’s domicile has priority over all other persons except where the decedent’s will nominates a different person to be the personal representative in this state. The sister state personal representative may nominate another person as personal representative and the nominee has the same priority as the sister state personal representative.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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