Civ. Code, § 731.02 · Chapter 2.6. Legal Estates Principal and Income Law
Civ. Code, § 731.02
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This chapter shall apply to all transactions by which a principal was established without the interposition of a trust on or after September 13, 1941, or is hereafter so established. Transactions by which a principal is held in trust are governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16300) of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Probate Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 820, Sec. 3. Operative July 1, 1987, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 820.
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