Section 9650 Of Chapter 2. Estate Management Generally From California Probate Code >> Division 7. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 2.
9650
. (a) Except as provided by statute and subject to subdivision
(c):
(1) The personal representative has the right to, and shall take
possession or control of, all the property of the decedent to be
administered in the decedent's estate and shall collect all debts due
to the decedent or the estate. The personal representative is not
accountable for any debts that remain uncollected without his or her
fault.
(2) The personal representative is entitled to receive the rents,
issues, and profits from the real and personal property in the estate
until the estate is distributed.
(b) The personal representative shall pay taxes on, and take all
steps reasonably necessary for the management, protection, and
preservation of, the estate in his or her possession.
(c) Real property or tangible personal property may be left with
or surrendered to the person presumptively entitled to it unless or
until, in the judgment of the personal representative, possession of
the property by the personal representative will be necessary for
purposes of administration. The person holding the property shall
surrender it to the personal representative on request by the
personal representative.