California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 4 — Of the Place of Trial, Reclassification, and Coordination of Civil Actions, Chapter 1 — Place of Trial, Section 395.1
Except as otherwise provided in Section 17005 of the Probate Code pertaining to trustees, when a defendant is sued in an official or representative capacity as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee on a claim for the payment of money or for the recovery of personal property, the county which has jurisdiction of the estate which the defendant represents shall be the proper county for the trial of the action.
Notes
Sets the proper county for an action against an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee in an official or representative capacity, seeking money or personal property, as the county having jurisdiction over the represented estate. The rule is subject to the separate Probate Code provision concerning trustees.
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