§ 21131

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2003.

A specific gift passes the property transferred subject to any mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive to pay debts contained in the instrument.

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Exoneration; Ademption

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