ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY STATE BAR NO.:
After recording, return to:

DE-305

FAX NO.:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF

NAME:

FIRM NAME:

STREET ADDRESS:

CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE:

TELEPHONE NO.:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

ATTORNEY FOR (name):

STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

ESTATE OF (name):

AFFIDAVIT RE REAL PROPERTY OF SMALL VALUE

1. The decedent (name):

died on (date):
at (city, state):

2. At least six months have passed since the decedent's death. (Attach a certified 

copy of the decedent's death certificate.)

3. a.
b.

The decedent was domiciled in this county at the time of death. 
The decedent was not domiciled in California at the time of death, but 
the decedent died owning real property in this county.

FOR RECORDER'S USE ONLY

CASE NUMBER:

DECEDENT

FOR COURT USE ONLY

4. The gross value, on the date of the decedent's death, of all real property in the 
decedent's estate located in California, as shown by the attached inventory and 
appraisal—excluding the real property described in Probate Code section 13050—did not exceed (check one):  
a.
b.

$55,425 (decedent died before April 1, 2022).
$61,500 (decedent died on or after April 1, 2022, and form DE-300 is attached as required by law).

5. a. The legal description and the Assessor's Parcel Number of the particular item of the decedent's real property claimed by the 
declarant(s) are provided on an attached page titled Attachment 5a, "Legal Description." (Copy legal description exactly from 
deed or other legal instrument.)

b. The decedent's interest in this real property is (specify):

6. Name and address of each guardian or conservator of the decedent's estate at time of death:

none

are as follows:*

Name

Address

Additional guardians or conservators are identified in Attachment 6.

(* You must deliver a copy of this affidavit and all attachments in any manner provided in Probate Code section 1215 to each 
guardian or conservator named above. You may use Judicial Council form POS-030 for proof of mailing, form POS-020 for proof of 
personal delivery, or form POS-050 for proof of electronic delivery.)

7. An inventory and appraisal of all of the decedent's real property in California is attached. The appraisal was made by a probate 

referee appointed by the State Controller for the county in which the property is located. (You must prepare the inventory on Judicial 
Council forms DE-160 and DE-161. You may select any probate referee appointed for the county to perform the appraisal. A list of 
all probate referees, shown by county, is available at www.sco.ca.gov/eo_probate_contact.html. Each court also has a list of 
referees appointed for its county. Check with the probate referee or consult an attorney if you need help preparing the inventory.) 

8. a.
b.

No proceeding for administration of decedent's estate is now being or has been conducted in California.
The decedent's personal representative has consented in writing to the use of the procedure provided by Probate Code 
section 13200 et seq. (Attach a copy of the consent and a copy of the personal representative's letters of administration.)

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
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Probate Code, § 13200 
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ESTATE OF (name):

CASE NUMBER:

DECEDENT

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9. Funeral expenses, expenses of last illness, and all known unsecured debts of the decedent have been paid. (NOTE: You may be 

personally liable for decedent's unsecured debts up to the fair market value of the real property and any income you receive from it.)

10. The declarant—or a trust or other entity, on behalf of which the declarant is acting—is, or all declarants together constitute, the 

successor of the decedent (as defined in Probate Code section 13006) to the decedent's interest in the property described in item 5, 
and no other person or entity has a superior right to the decedent's interest in that property, because the declarant(s) is or are:
a.

(if decedent left a will) the sole beneficiary or all the beneficiaries who succeeded to the property under the decedent's 
will. (Attach a copy of the will.)
(if decedent died without a will) the sole person or all the persons who succeeded to the property under Probate Code 
sections 6401 and 6402.

b.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)*

(SIGNATURE OF DECLARANT)

Date:

Date:

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)*

SIGNATURES OF ADDITIONAL DECLARANTS ATTACHED

(SIGNATURE OF DECLARANT)

* A declarant claiming on behalf of a trust or other entity should also state the name of the entity that is a beneficiary under the decedent's 
will and declarant's capacity to sign on behalf of the entity (trustee, chief executive officer, etc.).

CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

(NOTE: Do not use a small strip of paper to attach an additional certificate of acknowledgment to this page. If you need one or more 
additional certificates of acknowledgment, attach each one to this form on a separate, full-sized 8-1/2 by 11-inch page.)

A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document 
to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of the document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF (specify):
On (date):
personally appeared (name of each):
who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument 
and acknowledged to me that they executed the instrument in their authorized capacity(ies), and that by their signature(s) on the 
instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. 

, before me (name and title):

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State 
of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

(NOTARY SEAL)

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

(SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC)

(SEAL)

CLERK'S CERTIFICATE

I certify that the foregoing, including any attached certificates of acknowledgment and any 
attached legal description of the property (but excluding other attachments), is a true and 
correct copy of the original affidavit on file in my office. (Certified copies of this affidavit do not 
include the (1) death certificate, (2) will, or (3) inventory and appraisal. See Probate Code 
section 13202.)

Date:

Clerk, by

, Deputy

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