{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-377.10","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 377.10","heading":"","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, “beneficiary of the decedent’s estate” means:\n(a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under the decedent’s will.\n(b) If the decedent died without leaving a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate Code or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the cause of action or particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS [367. - 389.5.]","CHAPTER 4. Effect of Death [377.10. - 377.62.]","ARTICLE 1. Definitions [377.10. - 377.11.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"001875a8fe17bdc2b16af32b7dacbe3d4f43951d10d2c61b8a11a55f26719365","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-376","next":"us-ca/ccp-377.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}