If a general pecuniary devise, including a general pecuniary devise in trust, is not distributed within one year after the testator‘s death, the devise bears interest thereafter.

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

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 12003

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Devise: when used as a noun, means a disposition of real or personal property by will, and, when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property by will. See California Probate Code 32
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Trust: includes the following:

    California Probate Code 82