Prob. Code, § 2555 · Article 8. Notes, Mortgages, Leases, Conveyances, and Exchanges

Prob. Code, § 2555

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If it is to the advantage of the estate, the guardian or conservator may lease, as lessor, real property of the estate without authorization of the court in either of the following cases:

(a) Where the rental does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) a month and the term does not exceed two years.

(b) Where the lease is from month to month, regardless of the amount of the rental.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 710, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 48 of Ch. 710.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=2555.
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