The personal representative shall obtain the receipt of the distributee for property in the estate distributed by the personal representative. In the case of real property, the personal representative shall record the court order for distribution or the personal representative’s deed or both in the county in which the real property is located. Recordation of the order or deed is deemed to be a receipt of the distributee for the property.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 11751

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Personal representative: means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Probate Code 62
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Real property: includes a leasehold interest in real property. See California Probate Code 68