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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, state bar number, and address):

TELEPHONE AND FAX NOS.:

FOR COURT USE ONLY

DE-140

      ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

ESTATE OF (Name):

ORDER  
APPOINTING

ORDER FOR PROBATE

Executor
Administrator with Will Annexed
Administrator

Special Administrator

Order Authorizing Independent Administration of Estate

with full authority

with limited authority

DECEDENT

CASE NUMBER:

WARNING: THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL LETTERS HAVE ISSUED.

Time:

Dept./Room:

Judge:

a resident of the California county named above.
a nonresident of California and left an estate in the county named above.

and each codicil dated:

Date of hearing:
1. 
THE COURT FINDS
2. 

All notices required by law have been given.

a.    
b.    Decedent died on (date):

c.    

(1)
(2)
Decedent died
intestate
(1)
testate
(2)
and decedent's will dated:
was admitted to probate by Minute Order on (date):

THE COURT ORDERS
3. 

(Name):
is appointed personal representative:
executor of the decedent's will
a.
administrator with will annexed
b.
administrator
c.

d.

special administrator
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

with general powers
with special powers as specified in Attachment 3d(2)
without notice of hearing
letters will expire on (date):

4. 

and letters shall issue on qualification.
a.
b.

Full authority is granted to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.
Limited authority is granted to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (there is no 
authority, without court supervision, to (1) sell or exchange real property or (2) grant an option to purchase real property or
(3) borrow money with the loan secured by an encumbrance upon real property).
Bond is not required.
Bond is fixed at:
provided by law.
Deposits of:

to be furnished by an authorized surety company or as otherwise

are ordered to be placed in a blocked account at (specify institution and

$

$

location):
and receipts shall be filed. No withdrawals shall be made without a court order.

Additional orders in Attachment 5c.

The personal representative is not authorized to take possession of money or any other property without a specific court 
order.
(Name):

is appointed probate referee.

5. 

a.
b.

c.

d.

6. 
Date:

ORDER FOR PROBATE

Probate Code, §§ 8006, 8400

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

SIGNATURE FOLLOWS LAST ATTACHMENT

7. Number of pages attached:

Form Approved by the        

Judicial Council of California 
DE-140 [Rev. January 1, 1998] 
Mandatory Form [1/1/2000]

Order for Probate

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Sourced from selfhelp.courts.ca.gov (2023-03)
Page(s): 1
Fields(s): 54
Average fields per page: 54
Reading Level: Grade 9
LIST Grouping(s): ES-02-00-00-00, ES-00-00-00-00.

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Identified Data Fields:

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Here are the fields we could identify.

e_page_fill_text__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[0] (0.54 conf)
e_page_caption_court_info_county was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtCounty[0] (0.38 conf)
e_page_caption_court_info_street was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtStreet[0] (0.38 conf)
e_page_caption_court_info_add was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtMailingAdd[0] (0.45 conf)
e_page_caption_court_info_branch was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtBranch[0] (0.38 conf)
e_page_caption_court_info_city was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtCityZip[0] (0.41 conf)
e_page_p_caption_case_number was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CaseNumber[0].CaseNumber[0] (0.34 conf)
e_page_caption_title_party_name was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].TitlePartyName[0].Party1_ft[0] (0.37 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox23[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox22[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__3 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox21[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__4 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox20[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__5 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox17[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__6 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox18[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_form_title_check_box__7 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].FormTitle[0].CheckBox18[1] (0.38 conf)
e_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_text_field was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].TextField1[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_phone was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Phone[0] (0.41 conf)
e_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_email was DE-140[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Email[0] (0.41 conf)
e_page_sig_date__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].SigDate[0] (0.36 conf)
e_page_fill_text__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText143[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox45[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox45[1] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__3 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox89[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__4 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox89[1] (0.35 conf)
e_page_fill_text__3 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[1] (0.35 conf)
e_page_fill_text__4 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[2] (0.35 conf)
e_page_fill_text__5 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[3] (0.35 conf)
e_page_choice__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[0] (0.30 conf)
e_page_choice__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice2[0] (0.30 conf)
e_page_choice__3 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[1] (0.30 conf)
e_page_choice__4 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[2] (0.30 conf)
e_page_check_box__5 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox5[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__6 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox6[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__7 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox7[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__8 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox8[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_sig_date__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].SigDate[1] (0.36 conf)
e_page_hearing_date was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingDate[0] (0.34 conf)
e_page_hearing_time__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingTime[0] (0.34 conf)
e_page_hearing_dept was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingDept[0] (0.34 conf)
e_page_hearing_rm was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingRm[0] (0.34 conf)
e_page_check_box__9 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox41[0] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__10 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox41[1] (0.35 conf)
e_page_choice__5 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[3] (0.30 conf)
e_page_choice__6 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[4] (0.30 conf)
e_page_hearing_time__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingTime[1] (0.34 conf)
e_page_choice__7 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[5] (0.30 conf)
e_page_hearing_time__3 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].HearingTime[2] (0.34 conf)
e_page_fill_text__6 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[4] (0.35 conf)
e_page_limited__1 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].limited[0] (0.37 conf)
e_page_choice__8 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].Choice1[6] (0.30 conf)
e_page_fill_text__7 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].FillText1[5] (0.35 conf)
e_page_check_box__11 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].CheckBox5[1] (0.35 conf)
e_page_numeric_field was DE-140[0].Page1[0].NumericField1[0] (0.33 conf)
e_page_limited__2 was DE-140[0].Page1[0].limited[1] (0.37 conf)

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