Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.651 · Chapter 14. Preliminary and Final Distributions
Description of property in petition for distribution
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Property description
A petition for distribution must list and describe in detail the property to be distributed, in the body of the petition or in an attachment that is incorporated in the petition by reference. If an account is filed with the petition, the description must be included in a schedule in the account.
(b) Specific description requirements
The description under (a) must:
(1) Include the amount of cash on hand;
(2) Indicate whether promissory notes are secured or unsecured, and describe in detail the security interest of any secured notes;
(3) Include the complete legal description, street address (if any), and assessor's parcel number (if any) of real property; and
(4) Include the complete description of each individual security held in "street name" in security brokers' accounts.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.651 adopted effective January 1, 2004.
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_651
- Text hash
- sha256 d2385735445211573786c753b5a453c6c09a7500bb0f1bc4ea7d171011a23682
- 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
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.