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Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 13 - LITIGATION INVOLVING DECEDENT
CHAPTER 1 - Liability of Decedent Covered byInsurance
Section 551.
Universal Citation: CA Prob Code § 551 (2017)
551.
Notwithstanding Section 366.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if the limitations period otherwise applicable to the action has not expired at the time of the decedent’s death, an action under this chapter may be commenced within one year after the expiration of the limitations period otherwise applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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