Section 13205 Of Chapter 5. Affidavit Procedure For Real Property Of Small Value From California Probate Code >> Division 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
13205
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each person who
is designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of
any affidavit issued under Section 13202 is personally liable to the
extent provided in Section 13207 to any person having a superior
right by testate or intestate succession from the decedent.
(b) In addition to any other liability the person has under this
section and Sections 13204, 13206, and 13207, if the person
fraudulently executed or filed the affidavit under this chapter, the
person is liable to the person having a superior right for three
times the fair market value of the property. For the purposes of this
subdivision, the "fair market value of the property" is the fair
market value, determined as of the time the certified copy of the
affidavit was issued under Section 13202, of the property the person
liable took under the certified copy of the affidavit to which the
other person has a superior right, less any liens and encumbrances on
the property at that time.
(c) An action to impose liability under this section is forever
barred three years after the certified copy of the affidavit is
issued under Section 13202, or three years after the discovery of the
fraud, whichever is later. The three-year period specified in this
subdivision is not tolled for any reason.