Probate Code section 11051

(a)

A citation shall be issued, served, and returned, requiring a personal representative who does not file a required account to appear and show cause why the personal representative should not be punished for contempt.

(b)

If the personal representative purposefully evades personal service of the citation, the personal representative shall be removed from office.

Source: Section 11051, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=11051. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 11051, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=11051. (last accessed May 12, 2025).