Probate Code section 12590

A sister state personal representative or foreign nation personal representative submits personally in a representative capacity to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the estate by any of the following actions:

(a)

Filing a petition for ancillary administration.

(b)

Receiving money or other personal property pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12570). Jurisdiction under this subdivision is limited to the amount of money and the value of personal property received.

(c)

Doing any act in this state as a personal representative that would have given this state jurisdiction over the personal representative as an individual.

Source: Section 12590, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=12590.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Aug. 18, 2025).

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