A Heggstad petition asks a California probate court to confirm that a house belongs to a trust even though the deed was never changed. It is filed under Probate Code section 850, it takes at least 30 days of notice the court cannot shorten, and the order has to be recorded before you can sell.
The California small estate affidavit under Probate Code section 13100 cannot transfer real property at all — it reaches money, tangible personal property and securities. The procedure that does transfer a house is a different one, and since April 2025 it covers primary residences worth up to $750,000.
LA County probate is filed and heard at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse for a $435 first-paper fee. Here’s how hearing dates, the Probate Notes deadline, the referee appraisal and full vs. limited IAEA authority work.
In California, usually yes. A personal representative with full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act can sell estate real property without beneficiary consent — but must give 15 days’ written notice first, and an objection changes what happens next.
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