California
What is the personal property threshold for California?
For California, personal property threshold is $208,850; real property threshold is included; waiting period (days) is 40; will restriction is with or without will; inflation adjustment is triennial per CPI (Prob. Code § 890); $208,850 applies to deaths on or after April 1, 2025, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
The dollar amounts were adjusted on April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2025. The adjusted amounts are as follows: Decedent’s Date of Death Probate Code Sections On or after April 1, 2022, Before April 1, 2022 On or after April 1, 2025 and before April 1, 2025 §§ 6602, 6609 $85,900 $95,325 $107,900 § 13050(c) $16,625 $18,450 $20,875 §§ 13100, 13101 $166,250 $184,500 $208,850
— courts.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-15
- State
- California our reading
- Personal property threshold
- $208,850 verified
- Real property threshold
- included our reading
- Waiting period (days)
- 40
- Will restriction
- with or without will our reading
- Inflation adjustment
- triennial per CPI (Prob. Code § 890); $208,850 applies to deaths on or after April 1, 2025 our reading
- Exclusions
- property described in Section 13050 and any property included in a petition filed under Section 13151
- Statute citation
- Cal. Prob. Code § 13100 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Sources
- courts.ca.govhttps://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/probate-code-890-adjusted-amounts.pdf
- leginfo.legislature.ca.govhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=13100