California Probate Code

§ 9942

PROB § 9942Div. 7 · Part 5 · Ch. 15

Statute text

(a)The personal representative may lease, as lessor, real property of the estate after authorization by order of court obtained under this chapter upon a showing that the proposed lease is to the advantage of the estate.

(b)If the proposed lease includes an option to purchase real property of the estate, a petition for an order authorizing the lease shall be filed under this chapter but the applicable provisions for court approval both in this chapter and in Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 9960) apply to the execution of the lease.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.