Cal. Ins. Code § 1810.8

The commissioner may issue a temporary license to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased holder of a bail agent’s license or bail permittee’s license, permitting such party to act as such representative to exercise the rights and privileges of such a license holder for the purpose of conducting the business of the estate for a period of one year from and after the date of the death, pending, but not after, the disposal of the business.