California Code, Probate Code - PROB § 6608

If a petition is filed under this chapter, the personal representative, or the petitioner if no personal representative has been appointed, shall file with the clerk of the court, prior to the hearing of the petition, an inventory and appraisal made as provided in Part 3 (commencing with Section 8800) of Division 7.  The personal representative or the petitioner, as the case may be, may appraise the assets which a personal representative could appraise under Section 8901.