California § 5022 - Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 5022 — Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5022. Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouseâs written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouseâs interest in the property. (b) This chapter does not apply to a spouseâs written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5022 ("Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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