Section 28 Of Part 2. Definitions From California Probate Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2.
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. "Community property" means:
(a) Community property heretofore or hereafter acquired during
marriage by a married person while domiciled in this state.
(b) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property
situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired during the
marriage by a married person while domiciled elsewhere, that is
community property, or a substantially equivalent type of marital
property, under the laws of the place where the acquiring spouse was
domiciled at the time of its acquisition.
(c) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property
situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired during the
marriage by a married person in exchange for real or personal
property, wherever situated, that is community property, or a
substantially equivalent type of marital property, under the laws of
the place where the acquiring spouse was domiciled at the time the
property so exchanged was acquired.