California Codes, 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
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.
Notes
Allows a surviving cause of action belonging to a decedent to pass to the decedent’s successor in interest, subject to the referenced Probate Code chapter. Allows the action to be commenced by the decedent’s personal representative or, if there is no personal representative, by the successor in interest.
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