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title: "List the local assets for an ancillary administration"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/map-cross-border-estate-issues-assets-grants-and-choice-of-law/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A17-T1-R11-US"
practice_area: "Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List the local assets for an ancillary administration

> List each California asset the file names and any grant from outside California that the file mentions, with the page. Write no petition. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | List each California asset the file names and any grant from outside California that the file mentions, with the page. Write no petition. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write the petition. Probate Code § 12510 provides that any interested person, or a sister state or foreign nation personal representative, may commence an ancillary administration proceeding by a petition to the court for either or both of probate of the nondomiciliary decedent's will and appointment of a local personal representative. The section does not state the bond, the notice, which assets must be listed, or what a grant from another place does by itself. Sections 12511 through 12542, including § 12520, were not opened. Open that chapter before you state those points. Section 8120 requires publication of notice of hearing of a petition for administration, in addition to service under the article beginning at § 8110. It does not commence the ancillary proceeding, and §§ 8121 through 8125 were not opened. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map cross-border estate issues: assets, grants and choice of law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/map-cross-border-estate-issues-assets-grants-and-choice-of-law.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each California asset the file names and any grant from outside California that the file mentions, with the page. Write no petition. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 12510 is California. Another state opens an ancillary estate under its own statute.
- A grant from a sister state or a foreign nation is not, on § 12510, a California appointment of a local personal representative.
- State law governs; confirm the governing state before relying on this.

## Sources

- [California Probate Code § 12510 (opening ancillary administration)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=12510) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Probate Code § 8120 (publication of notice of hearing)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=8120) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reseal of a grant and interstate or overseas assets (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/reseal-and-interstate-assets-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist for recognising, in New South Wales, a grant made elsewhere: when section 107 needs a reseal, which grants the Supreme Court says it will reseal, and when to ask the asset holder first. |
| [State-specific estate-planning questions (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/us-state-specific-estate-questions.md) | Memo | Yellow | A memo that lists the estate-planning points that follow state statute, beside the two federal privacy rules that were opened, and that leaves each state citation blank until it is read. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*