Probate Code section 10559

The personal representative has the power to purchase securities or commodities required to perform an incomplete contract of sale where the decedent died having sold but not delivered securities or commodities not owned by the decedent.

Source: Section 10559, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=10559. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Oct. 5, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_10559

Original Source: Section 10559, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=10559. (last accessed May 12, 2025).