Prob. Code, § 8005 · Chapter 1. Commencement of Proceedings
Prob. Code, § 8005
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) At the hearing on the petition, the court may examine and compel any person to attend as a witness concerning any of the following matters:
(1) The time, place, and manner of the decedent’s death.
(2) The place of the decedent’s domicile and residence at the time of death.
(3) The character and value of the decedent’s property.
(4) Whether or not the decedent left a will.
(b) The following matters shall be established:
(1) The jurisdictional facts, including:
(A) The date and place of the decedent’s death.
(B) That the decedent was domiciled in this state or left property in this state at the time of death.
(C) The publication of notice under Article 3 (commencing with Section 8120) of Chapter 2.
(2) The existence or nonexistence of the decedent’s will.
(3) That notice of the hearing was served as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 8110) of Chapter 2.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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§ionNum=8005.
- Text hash
- sha256 7f08a4c198bb4ba66543487a7ab687bb0f4a9c51701edee2644525226f05d95b
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Prob. Code, § 8005. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Probate Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.