Probate Code section 21205

A nonvested property interest is invalid unless one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(a)

When the interest is created, it is certain to vest or terminate no later than 21 years after the death of an individual then alive.

(b)

The interest either vests or terminates within 90 years after its creation.

Source: Section 21205, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21205. (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 21205, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21205. (last accessed May 12, 2025).