{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-6320","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 6320","heading":"","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(a) “Designation” means a designation made pursuant to Section 6321.\n(b) “Instrument” includes all of the following:\n(1) An insurance, annuity, or endowment contract (including any agreement issued or entered into by the insurer in connection therewith, supplemental thereto, or in settlement thereof).\n(2) A pension, retirement benefit, death benefit, stock bonus, profit-sharing or employees’ saving plan, employee benefit plan, or contract created or entered into by an employer for the benefit of some or all of his or her employees.\n(3) A self-employed retirement plan, or an individual retirement annuity or account, established or held pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.\n(4) A multiple-party account, as defined in Section 5132.\n(5) Any other written instrument of a type described in Section 5000.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 6. WILLS AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION [6100. - 6806.]","PART 1. WILLS [6100. - 6390.]","CHAPTER 8. Nonprobate Transfer to Trustee Named in Decedent’s Will [6320. - 6330.]"],"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":"ff873c58443f3e4705f45c96bc1408d51191b1db3a42e2a3c49595a6d7121651","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-6303","next":"us-ca/prob-6321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}