Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.451 · Chapter 10. Sales of Real and Personal Property
Refusal to show property to prospective buyers
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Upon a showing that the fiduciary has denied any bona fide prospective buyer or his or her broker a reasonable opportunity to inspect the property, the court must not confirm the sale but must continue the sale to allow inspection unless good cause is shown for the court to confirm the sale.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.451 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_451
- Text hash
- sha256 970de569ce790c5f820d2361cb743303d84bfbdd3638e1b2ee41a1af1beffade
- 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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