California Probate Code 280 – (a) A disclaimer shall be filed with any of the …

(a) A disclaimer shall be filed with any of the following:

(1) The superior court in the county in which the estate of the decedent is administered or, if there is no administration of the decedent’s estate, the superior court in any county in which administration of the estate of the decedent would be proper.

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 280

• Decedent : A deceased person.
• Obligation : An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person : means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. See California Probate Code 56
• Personal representative : means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
• Property : means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Probate Code 62
• Real property : Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property : includes a leasehold interest in real property. See California Probate Code 68

(2) The trustee , personal representative , other fiduciary , or person responsible for distributing the interest to the beneficiary .

(3) Any other person having custody or possession of or legal title to the interest.

(4) The creator of the interest.

(b) If a disclaimer made pursuant to this part affects real property or an obligation secured by real property and the disclaimer is acknowledged and proved in like manner as a grant of real property , the disclaimer may be recorded in like manner and with like effect as a grant of real property, and all statutory provisions relating to the recordation or nonrecordation of conveyances of real property and to the effect thereof apply to the disclaimer with like effect, without regard to the date when the disclaimer was filed pursuant to subdivision (a). Failure to file a disclaimer pursuant to subdivision (a) which is recorded pursuant to this subdivision does not affect the validity of any transaction with respect to the real property or the obligation secured thereby, and the general laws on recording and its effect govern any such transaction.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)