California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8467

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

If several persons have equal priority for appointment as administrator, the court may appoint one or more of them, or if such persons are unable to agree, the court may appoint the public administrator or a disinterested person in the same or the next lower class of priority as the persons who are unable to agree.

Cite this section

Cal. Prob. Code § 8467 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/prob/division-7-administration-of-estates-of-decedents/part-2-opening-estate-administration/chapter-4-appointment-of-personal-representative/article-4-administrators/section-8467

Other sections in Article 4 - Administrators

§ 8460§ 8461§ 8462§ 8463§ 8464§ 8465§ 8466§ 8467§ 8468§ 8469

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