Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.401 · Chapter 9. Creditors' Claims
Personal representative's action on the claim
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
For each creditor's claim filed with the court, the personal representative (whether or not acting under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (IAEA)) must:
(1) Allow or reject in whole or in part the claim in writing;
(2) Serve a copy of the allowance or rejection on the creditor and the creditor's attorney; and
(3) File a copy of the allowance or rejection with proof of service with the court.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.401 amended effective January 1, 2002; adopted effective January 1, 2000.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/seven/rule7_401
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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