California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 14 — Of Miscellaneous Provisions, Chapter 6 — Of Costs, Section 1026
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in an action prosecuted or defended by a personal representative, trustee of an express trust, guardian, conservator, or a person expressly authorized by statute, costs may be recovered as in an action by or against a person prosecuting or defending in the person’s own right.
(b) Costs allowed under subdivision (a) shall, by the judgment, be made chargeable only upon the estate, fund, or party represented, unless the court directs the costs to be paid by the fiduciary personally for mismanagement or bad faith in the action or defense.
Notes
Allows fiduciaries and other specified representatives to recover costs on the same basis as persons litigating in their own right. Requires those costs to be charged only to the represented estate, fund, or party unless the court orders the fiduciary personally liable because of mismanagement or bad faith in prosecuting or defending the action.
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