{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-21131","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 21131","heading":"","body":"A specific gift passes the property transferred subject to any mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive to pay debts contained in the instrument.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21700.]","PART 1. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21140.]","CHAPTER 3. Exoneration; Ademption [21131. - 21139.]"],"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":"b2d138f77f4624ff05b72a58a13982c3c2aa720a46c6e54c34e826d066f63703","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-21122","next":"us-ca/prob-21132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}