Section 10257 Of Article 5. Sale Of Personal Property From California Probate Code >> Division 7. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 18. >> Article 5.
10257
. (a) Personal property may be sold for cash or on credit.
(b) Except as may otherwise be ordered by the court pursuant to
Section 10258, if a sale is made on credit, not less than 25 percent
of the purchase price shall be paid in cash at the time of sale, and
the personal representative shall do one of the following:
(1) Take the note of the purchaser for the balance of the purchase
money, with a security interest in the personal propery sold, to
secure the payment of the balance.
(2) Enter into a conditional sale contract under which title is
retained until the balance is paid.
(c) The terms of the note and security interest or conditional
sale contract shall be approved by the court at the time of
confirmation of sale.
(d) Where property sold by the personal representative for part
cash and part deferred payments consists of an undivided interest in
personal property or any other interest therein less than the entire
ownership and the owner or owners of the remaining interests therein
join in the sale, the note and security interest may be made to the
personal representative and such others having an interest in the
property. The interest of the personal representative in the note and
security interest shall be in the same interest and in the same
proportions as the estate's interest in the property prior to the
sale.