Prob. Code, § 21601 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Prob. Code, § 21601
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) For purposes of this part, “decedent’s testamentary instruments” means the decedent’s will or revocable trust.
(b) “Estate” as used in this part shall include a decedent’s probate estate and all property held in any revocable trust that becomes irrevocable on the death of the decedent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1998.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21601.
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