Probate Code section 21131

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.

Source: Section 21131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21131. (updated Jan. 1, 2003; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_21131

Original Source: Section 21131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21131. (last accessed May 12, 2025).