Probate Records in Stanislaus County CA

[Joe Morgan]

I'm new to wholesaling and doing some research in preparation for future deals.  One of my areas of interest in regard to developing leads is reviewing probate records.  I want to search recordings/records in my area (Stanislaus County).

I've read several postings that suggested going down to the court and/or county recorder and tried that today.  I was told that the county does not have an automated system that lists probate filings and that there is no list or other method for the public to review the records in mass.

Does anyone have experience with Stanislaus County in this regard and have advice on how to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

[Evan R.]

Hey Joe,

I tried posting a PDF with step by step directions to get probate leads from the county courts website. Unfortunately, it was taken down.

Here is a super high overview of the process:

• Go here to access the Stanislaus County court document viewer.
• In the "Search by File Date and Case Type" section, enter a date range no more than 7 days long, in the format MMDDYYY. For example, 01162015 01232015 will get you the last week of records. You're also going to want to select 'Probate' from the list.
• The probates you're interested in start like, "EST OF LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME".
• Click the number to the left of the name.
• Under the section 'Party Information' you can see who the person responsible is, under 'PETITIONER'
• The decedent is listed under 'DECEASED'
• You can use propertyshark to see what the decedent owned in the county.

Here is a free lead I found using this method:

Estate of Arlene Rider

Case number: 

445656

Opened: 

Jan/06/2015

Person Responsible: 

Carol Stewart

Property in Probate:

Rider Larry & Rider Arlene J

1006 Tuolumne Blvd

Modesto, Stanislaus, CA