Prob. Code, § 9880 · Chapter 12. Purchase of Claims or Estate Property by Personal Representative or Personal Representative’s Attorney

Prob. Code, § 9880

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

Except as provided in this chapter, neither the personal representative nor the personal representative’s attorney may do any of the following:

(a) Purchase any property of the estate or any claim against the estate, directly or indirectly.

(b) Be interested in any such purchase.

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&sectionNum=9880.
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Cited by 1 provision

Provisions in this library whose text cites Prob. Code, § 9880. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

California Rules of Professional Conduct

Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rule 1.8.9Purchasing Property at a Foreclosure or a Sale Subject to Judicial ReviewPrinted as Probate Code sections 9880 through 9885

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