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Cal. PROB § 226

This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 226, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.

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Official statutory text

This chapter does not apply where a person the priority of whose death is in issue died before January 1, 1985, and the law applicable prior to January 1, 1985, continues to apply where none of the persons the priority of whose death is in issue died on or after January 1, 1985.

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