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DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-890›PART 4. ESTABLISHING AND REPORTING FACT OF DEATH 200-217›CHAPTER 2. Recording Evidence of Death 210-212

§ 212

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

A document establishing the fact of the death of a person recorded pursuant to this chapter is prima facie evidence of the death insofar as the document identifies real property located in the county, title to which is affected by the death. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.

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

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