Chapter 3. Reporting Fact Of Death of California Probate Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.
Where a deceased person has received or may have received
health care under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, or was the surviving spouse of a
person who received that health care, the estate attorney, or if
there is no estate attorney, the beneficiary, the personal
representative, or the person in possession of property of the
decedent shall give the Director of Health Care Services notice of
the decedent's death not later than 90 days after the date of death.
The notice shall include a copy of the decedent's death certificate.
The notice shall be given as provided in Section 1215, addressed to
the director at the Sacramento office of the director.
(a) For the purposes of this section "confined" means to be
confined in a prison or facility under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or its Division of
Juvenile Facilities, or confined in any county or city jail, road
camp, industrial farm, or other local correctional facility.
(b) The estate attorney, or if there is no estate attorney, the
beneficiary, the personal representative, or the person in possession
of property of the decedent shall give the Director of the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board notice of
a decedent's death not later than 90 days after the date of death in
either of the following circumstances:
(1) The deceased person has an heir or beneficiary who is
confined.
(2) The estate attorney, or if there is no estate attorney, the
beneficiary, the personal representative, or the person in possession
of property of the decedent, knows that an heir or beneficiary has
previously been confined.
(c) The notice shall be given as provided in Section 1215 and
shall include all of the following:
(1) The name, date of birth, and location of incarceration, or
current address if no longer incarcerated, of the decedent's heir or
beneficiary.
(2) The heir's or beneficiary's CDCR number if incarcerated in a
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility or booking
number if incarcerated in a county facility.
(3) A copy of the decedent's death certificate.
(4) The probate case number, and the name of the superior court
hearing the case.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring the
estate attorney, the beneficiary, the personal representative, or the
person in possession of property of the decedent to conduct an
additional investigation to determine whether a decedent has an heir
or beneficiary who has been confined in a prison or facility under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
or its Division of Juvenile Facilities, or confined in any county or
city jail, road camp, industrial farm, or other local correctional
facility.
(a) A business that receives an oral or written request from a
family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased
person to cancel that person's services may not require an in-person
cancellation.
(b) For purposes of this section, "services" include, but are not
limited to, gas, electrical, water, sewage, cable, satellite,
telephone, or cellular telephone service.