California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP |
Part 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS |
Title 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS |
Chapter 4. Effect of Death |
ARTICLE 3. Decedent’s Cause of Action |
Section 377.30.
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A cause of action that survives the death of the person entitled to commence an action or proceeding passes to the decedent's successor in interest, subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Probate Code, and an action may be commenced by the decedent's personal representative or, if none, by the decedent's successor in interest.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)