DIVISION 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS 7000-12591›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7666›CHAPTER 4. Public Administrators 7600-7666›ARTICLE 1. Taking Temporary Possession or Control of Property 7600-7605
§ 7600.5
California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
If a person dies in a hospital, convalescent hospital, or board and care facility without known next of kin, the person in charge of the hospital or facility shall give immediate notice of that fact to the public administrator of the county in which the hospital or facility is located. If the notice required by this section is not given, the hospital or facility is liable for (1) any cost of interment incurred by the estate or the county as a result of the failure and (2) any loss to the estate or beneficiaries caused by loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation of property of the decedent as a result of the failure.
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
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