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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court.
(b) The petitioner shall give notice of the hearing by causing notices of the time and place of hearing to be posted at the courthouse of the county where the proceeding is pending and in a conspicuous place on the real property described in the petition, at least 10 days before the hearing.
(c) The special notice shall be substantially in the following form:
(Title of court and cause)Notice is hereby given that __________ has filed a petition herein claiming to be the owner (or distributee) of the following described lands __________ (description) and praying that the identity of the following-named persons, in former conveyances (or judgments or decrees) to said lands or in decrees of distribution of said lands in probate be determined, to wit: __________ (names as J. Doe and John Doe); and that the time and place of hearing said petition has been set for __________ the ______ day of ____________, 19___, at the hour of ______, ___m. of said day at the courtroom of said court in the City of __________, County of __________, State of California.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 770.060 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/code-of-civil-procedure/ccp-sect-770-060/
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