Probate Lists

[Jim Edmunds]

I suppose I should further qualify this question to investors doing probate in California, as that is where I am. I recently went to my county Probate Court clerks office and ask for a list of probates in the county and they looked at me as if I was from a different planet. They informed me that they do not provide that information. I then remembered our local Business Journal and found that they have Probate postings, what I found was something titled NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF..., is this what i am looking for? It does not seem to contain any specific information about Real Estate, Just the name of the deceased and the persons administering the estate along with the attorney.

[Gladstone Rennie]

Hello @Jim Edmunds I work probate properties in SoCal, Los Angeles County in particular. When going down to the courthouse to obtain leads you want to ask for the "Probate Case Files" if they still do not know what you are referring to, ask them to direct you to where you would file a "Petition for Probate". What ever department you end up in is where you will find the probate cases (Leads). 

Also the majority of the courthouses down here have transferred the probate case files from paper documents to electronic digital format. So that may be the case as well up there. 

I hope I was able to answer your question.

Best Regards