Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, this part applies to a will, trust, deed, and any other instrument.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 21101

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Instrument: means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property. See California Probate Code 45
  • Trust: includes the following:

    California Probate Code 82

  • Will: includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will. See California Probate Code 88