If a public officer or employee knows of property of a decedent that is subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation and that ought to be in the possession or control of the public administrator, the officer or employee shall inform the public administrator.
Cal. Prob. Code § 7600
Taking Temporary Possession or Control of Property
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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