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California courts generally use a probate referee to value noncash estate assets for the formal Inventory and Appraisal. If the court filing is the reason for the valuation, the personal representative or attorney should confirm the required process before ordering a separate residential appraisal.
An executor, heir, trustee, or attorney may want a detailed residential appraisal for a date-of-death analysis, proposed sale, beneficiary buyout, valuation disagreement, planning decision, or another purpose beyond the referee's court form.
A probate-related assignment should identify who will rely on the report and why. That allows the appraiser to select the correct effective date, research depth, property interest, and reporting format instead of assuming every probate matter requires the same product.
TIC interests, condominiums, small multi-unit properties, hillside homes, view properties, older renovations, and neighborhood boundaries can make a detailed residential analysis useful even when the probate estate is already working through its required court procedures.
For probate, estate settlement, trust administration, IRS reporting, and stepped-up basis purposes in this area, see the main San Francisco date of death appraisal page or the broader James Valdez appraisal service areas.
Desktop retrospective appraisals for probate, estate settlement, trusts, stepped-up basis, and IRS reporting.