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2023 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 3 - OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 4 - Effect of Death
ARTICLE 3 - Decedent s Cause of Action
Section 377.31.
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CA Civ Pro Code § 377.31 (2023)
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377.31. On motion after the death of a person who commenced an action or proceeding, the court shall allow a pending action or proceeding that does not abate to be continued by the decedent’s personal representative or, if none, by the decedent’s successor in interest.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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