Prob. Code, § 52 · Part 2. DEFINITIONS
Prob. Code, § 52
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Letters”:
(a) As it relates to a personal representative, means letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters of administration with the will annexed, or letters of special administration.
(b) As it relates to a guardian or conservator, means letters of guardianship or conservatorship or temporary guardianship or conservatorship.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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