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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 2 - OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 6 - Time of Commencement of Action After Person’s Death
Section 366.1.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Pro Code § 366.1 (2017)
366.1.
If a person entitled to bring an action dies before the expiration of the applicable limitations period, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced before the expiration of the later of the following times:
(a) Six months after the person’s death.
(b) The limitations period that would have been applicable if the person had not died.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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