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Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY
CHAPTER 1 - Civil Liability of Owners and Operators of Vehicles
ARTICLE 2 - Private Owners
Section 17159.
Universal Citation: CA Veh Code § 17159 (2021)
17159.
Every person who is a personal representative of a decedent who has control or possession of a motor vehicle subject to administration for the purpose of administration of an estate is, during the period of such administration, or until the vehicle has been distributed under order of the court or he has complied with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5602, liable and responsible for death or injury to person or property resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of the motor vehicle by any person using or operating the same with the permission, express or implied, of the personal representative.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 702.)
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