2009 California Probate Code - Section 12590-12591 :: Chapter 4. Jurisdiction Over Foreign Personal Representative

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.

12591.  A sister state personal representative or foreign nation
personal representative is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts
of this state in a representative capacity to the same extent that
the nondomiciliary decedent was subject to jurisdiction at the time
of death.