Section 3802 Of Chapter 6. Removal Of Property Of Nonresident From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 8. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) The nonresident fiduciary shall produce and file one of
the following certificates:
(1) A certificate that the fiduciary is entitled, by the laws of
the place of appointment of the fiduciary, to the possession of the
estate of the nonresident. The certificate shall be under the hand of
the clerk and seal of the court from which the appointment of the
fiduciary was derived and shall show a transcript of the record of
appointment and that the fiduciary has entered upon the discharge of
the duties of the fiduciary.
(2) A certificate that the fiduciary is entitled, by the laws of
the place of residence, to custody of the estate of the nonresident,
without the appointment of any court. The certificate shall be under
the hand of the clerk and seal of either (i) the court in the place
of residence having jurisdiction of estates of persons that have a
guardian, conservator, committee, or comparable fiduciary or (ii) the
highest court in the place of residence.
(b) In the case of a foreign country, the certificate shall be
accompanied by a final statement certifying the genuineness of the
signature and official position of (1) the court clerk making the
original certificate or (2) any foreign official who has certified
either the genuineness of the signature and official position of the
court clerk making the original certificate or the genuineness of the
signature and official position of another foreign official who has
executed a similar certificate in a chain of such certificates
beginning with a certificate of the genuineness of the signature and
official position of the clerk making the original certificate. The
final statement may be made only by a secretary of an embassy or
legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of
the United States, or a diplomatic or consular official of the
foreign country assigned or accredited to the United States.