Reports, Recommendations, And Studies

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Reports, Recommendations, And Studies

The California Law Revision Commission's annual reports, recommendations, and studies are published in bound volumes, which are assigned annual volume numbers. Cumulative tables are prepared in connection with each new bound volume.

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Volume 1 -- 1957	Volume 11 -- 1973	Volume 20 -- 1990	Volume 30 -- 2000	Volume 40 -- 2010
Volume 2 -- 1959	Volume 12 -- 1974	Volume 21 -- 1991	Volume 31 -- 2001	Volume 41 -- 2011
Volume 3 -- 1961	Volume 13 -- 1976	Volume 22 -- 1992	Volume 32 -- 2002	Volume 42 -- 2012
Volume 4 -- 1963	Volume 14 -- 1978	Volume 23 -- 1993	Volume 33 -- 2003	Volume 43 -- 2013
Volume 5 -- 1963	Volume 15 pt. 1 -- 1980	Volume 24 -- 1994	Volume 34 -- 2004
Volume 6 -- 1964	Volume 15 pt. 2 -- 1980	Volume 25 -- 1995	Volume 35 -- 2005
Volume 7 -- 1965	Volume 16 -- 1982	Volume 26 -- 1996	Volume 36 -- 2006
Volume 8 -- 1967	Volume 17 -- 1984	Volume 27 -- 1997	Volume 37 -- 2007
Volume 9 -- 1969	Volume 18 -- 1986	Volume 28 -- 1998	Volume 38 -- 2008
Volume 10 -- 1971	Volume 19 -- 1988	Volume 29 -- 1999	Volume 39 -- 2009

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Volume 1 (1957) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1955 Annual Report [Pub. #1]
1956 Annual Report [Pub. #2]
1957 Annual Report [Pub. #3]
Maximum Period of Confinement in a County Jail [Pub. #4]
Notice of Application for Attorney's Fees and Costs in Domestic Relations Actions [Pub. #5]
Taking Instructions to the Jury Room [Pub. #6]
Dead Man Statute [Pub. #7]
Rights of Surviving Spouse in Property Acquired by Decedent While Domiciled Elsewhere [Pub. #8]
Marital "For and Against" Testimonial Privilege [Pub. #9]
Suspension of the Absolute Power of Alienation [Pub. #10]
Elimination of Obsolete Provisions in Penal Code Sections 1377 and 1378 [Pub. #11]
Judicial Notice of the Law of Foreign Countries [Pub. #12]
Choice of Law Governing Survival of Actions [Pub. #13]
Effective Date of an Order Ruling on a Motion for New Trial [Pub. #14)
Retention of Venue for Convenience of Witnesses [Pub. #15]
Bringing New Parties into Civil Actions [Pub. #16]

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Volume 2 (1959) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1958 Annual Report [Pub. #17]
1959 Annual Report [Pub. #18]
Presentation of Claims Against Public Entities [Pub. #19]
Right of Nonresident Aliens To Inherit [Pub. #20]
Mortgages to Secure Future Advances [Pub. #21]
Doctrine of Worthier Title [Pub. #22]
Overlapping Provisions of Penal and Vehicle Codes Relating to Taking of Vehicles and Drunk Driving [Pub. #23]
Time Within Which Motion for New Trial May Be Made [Pub. #24]
Notice to Shareholders of Sale of Corporate Assets [Pub. #25]

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Volume 3 (1961) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1960 Annual Report [Pub. #26]
1961 Annual Report [Pub. #27]
Evidence in Eminent Domain Proceedings [Pub. #28]
Taking Possession and Passage of Title in Eminent Domain Proceedings [Pub. #29]
Reimbursement for Moving Expenses When Property is Acquired for Public Use [Pub. #30]
Rescission of Contracts [Pub. #31]
Right to Counsel and the Separation of the Delinquent From the Nondelinquent Minor in Juvenile Court Proceedings [Pub. #32]
Survival of Actions [Pub. #33]
Arbitration [Pub. #34]
Presentation of Claims Against Public Officers and Employees [Pub. #35]
Inter Vivos Marital Property Rights in Property Acquired While Domiciled Elsewhere [Pub. #36]
Notice of Alibi in Criminal Actions [Pub. #37]

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Volume 4 (1963) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1962 Annual Report [Pub. #38]
1963 Annual Report [Pub. #39]
1964 Annual Report [Pub. #40]
Recommendation and Study Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure:
- Number 4 -- Discovery in Eminent Domain Proceedings [The first three pamphlets (unnumbered) in Volume 3 also deal with the subject of condemnation law and procedure.] [Pub. #42]
Recommendations Relating to Sovereign Immunity:
- Number 1 -- Tort Liability of Public Entities and Public Employees [Pub. #43]
- Number 2 -- Claims, Actions and Judgments Against Public Entities and Public Employees [Pub. #44]
- Number 3 -- Insurance Coverage for Public Entities and Public Employees [Pub. #45]
- Number 4 -- Defense of Public Employees [Pub. #46]
- Number 5 -- Liability of Public Entities for Ownership and Operation of Motor Vehicles [Pub. #47]
- Number 6 -- Workmen's Compensation Benefits for Persons Assisting Law Enforcement or Fire Control Officers [Pub. #48]
- Number 7 -- Amendments and Repeals of Inconsistent Special Statutes [Pub. #49]
Tentative Recommendation and a Study Relating to The Uniform Rules of Evidence (Article VIII. Hearsay Evidence) [Pub. #41]

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Volume 5 (1963) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

A Study Relating to Sovereign Immunity [Pub. #50]

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Volume 6 (1964) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

Tentative Recommendations and Studies Relating to the Uniform Rules of Evidence:
- Article I (General Provisions) [Pub. #51]
- Article II (Judicial Notice) [Pub. #56]
- Burden of Producing Evidence, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions (replacing URE Article III) [Pub. #58]
- Article IV (Witnesses) [Pub. #55]
- Article V (Privileges) [Pub. #53]
- Article VI (Extrinsic Policies Affecting Admissibility) [Pub. #54]
- Article VII (Expert and Other Opinion Testimony) [Pub. #57]
- Article VIII (Hearsay Evidence) [Pub. #59] [same as publication #41 in Volume 4]
- Article IX (Authentication and Content of Writings) [Pub. #52]

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Volume 7 (1965) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

Recommendation Proposing an Evidence Code [Pub. #60]
Recommendation Relating to Sovereign Immunity:
- Number 8 -- Revisions of the Governmental Liability Act:
  Liability of Public Entities for Ownership and Operation of Motor Vehicles; Claims and Actions Against Public Entities and Public Employees [Pub. #61]
1965 Annual Report [Pub. #62]
1966 Annual Report [Pub. #63]
Evidence Code with Official Comments [Pub. #64]

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Volume 8 (1967) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1966 Annual Report (December) [Pub. #65], includes the following recommendation:
- Discovery in Eminent Domain Proceedings
Recommendation Relating to the Evidence Code:
- Number 1 -- Evidence Code Revisions [Pub. #66]
- Number 2 -- Agricultural Code Revisions [Pub. #67]
- Number 3 -- Commercial Code Revisions [Pub. #68]
Whether Damages for Personal Injury to a Married Person Should Be Separate or Community Property [Pub. #69]
Vehicle Code Section 17150 and Related Sections [Pub. #70]
Additur [Pub. #71]
Abandonment or Termination of a Lease [Pub. #72]
Good Faith Improver of Land Owned by Another [Pub. #73]
Suit By or Against An Unincorporated Association [Pub. #74]
Recommendation Relating to Escheat [Pub. #75]
Tentative Recommendation and A Study Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure:
- Number 1 -- Possession Prior to Final Judgment and Related Problems [Pub. #76]
1967 Annual Report [Pub. #77], includes the following recommendations:
- Recovery of Condemnee's Expenses on Abandonment of an Eminent Domain Proceeding
- Improvements Made in Good Faith Upon Land Owned by Another
- Damages for Personal Injuries to a Married Person as Separate
  or Community Property
- Service of Process on Unincorporated Associations

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Volume 9 (1969) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1968 Annual Report [Pub. #78], includes the following recommendations:
- Sovereign Immunity: Number 9 -- Statute of Limitations in Actions Against
  Public Entities and Public Employees
- Additur and Remittitur
- Fictitious Business Names
1969 Annual Report [Pub. #79] [out of print], includes the following recommendations:
- Quasi-Community Property
- Arbitration of Just Compensation
- Evidence Code: Number 5 -- Revisions of the Evidence Code
- Real Property Leases
- Statute of Limitations in Actions Against Public Entities and Public Employees
Recommendation and Study Relating to:
- Mutuality of Remedies in Suits for Specific Performance [Pub. #80]
- Powers of Appointment [Pub. #81]
- Fictitious Business Names [Pub. #84]
- Representations as to the Credit of Third Persons and the Statute of Frauds [Pub. #85]
- "Vesting" of Interests Under the Rule Against Perpetuities [Pub. #87]
Recommendation Relating to:
- Real Property Leases [Pub. #82]
- Evidence Code: Number 4 -- Revision of the Privileges Article [Pub. #83]
- Sovereign Immunity: Number 10 -- Revisions of the Governmental Liability Act [Pub. #86]

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Volume 10 (1971) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

California Inverse Condemnation Law [Pub. #88]
Recommendation and Study Relating to Counterclaims and Cross-Complaints, Joinder of Causes of Action, and Related Provisions [Pub. #89]
Recommendation Relating to Attachment, Garnishment, and Exemptions From Execution: Employees' Earnings Protection Law [Pub. #90]
1970 Annual Report [Pub. #91], includes the following recommendation:
- Inverse Condemnation: Insurance Coverage
1971 Annual Report [Pub. #92], includes the following recommendation:
- Attachment, Garnishment, and Exemptions From Execution: Discharge From Employment

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Volume 11 (1973)

Civil Arrest [Pub. #93]
Wage Garnishment and Related Matters [Pub. #94]
Claim and Delivery Statute [Pub. #95]
Unclaimed Property [Pub. #96]
Inheritance Rights of Nonresident Aliens [Pub. #97]
Enforcement of Sister State Money Judgments [Pub. #98]
Tentative Recommendation Relating to Prejudgment Attachment [Pub. #99]
Prejudgment Attachment [Pub. #100]
Landlord-Tenant Relations [Pub. #101]
1972 Annual Report [Pub. #102]
1973 Annual Report [Pub. #103], includes the following recommendations:
- Evidence Code Section 999 -- The "Criminal Conduct" Exception to the Physician-Patient Privilege
- Erroneously Ordered Disclosure of Privileged Information
Liquidated Damages [Pub. #104]

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Volume 12 (1974)

Tentative Recommendation Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure: The Eminent Domain Law [Pub. #105]
1994 Annual Report [Pub. #106], includes the following recommendations:
- Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities
- View by Trier of Fact in a Civil Case
- Good Cause Exception to the Physician-Patient Privilege
- Escheat of Amounts Payable on Travelers Checks, Money Orders and Similar Instruments
Recommendation Relating to Wage Garnishment Exemptions [Pub. #107]
Recommendation Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure: Conforming Changes in Improvement Acts [Pub. #108]
Tentative Recommendation Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure: Condemnation Authority of State Agencies [Pub. #109]
Tentative Recommendation Relating to Condemnation Law and Procedure: Conforming Changes in Special District Statutes [Pub. #110]
Recommendation Proposing the Eminent Domain Law [Pub. #111]

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Volume 13 (1976)

Selected Legislation Relating to Creditors' Remedies [Pub. #112]
Recommendation and Study Relating to Oral Modification of Written Contracts [Pub. #113]
Partition of Real and Personal Property [Pub. #114]
Wage Garnishment Procedure [Pub. #115]
Revision of the Attachment Law [Pub. #116]
Undertakings for Costs [Pub. #117]
Eminent Domain Law with Conforming Changes in Codified Sections and Official Comments [Pub. #118]
1975 Annual Report [Pub. #120], includes the following recommendations:
- Admissibility of Copies of Business Records in Evidence
- Turnover Orders Under the Claim and Delivery Law
- Relocation Assistance by Private Condemnors
- Condemnation for Byroads and Utility Easements
- Transfer of Out-of-State Trusts to California
- Admissibility of Duplicates in Evidence
- Oral Modification of Contracts
- Liquidated Damages
1976 Annual Report [Pub. #119], includes the following recommendations:
- Service of Process on Unincorporated Associations
- Sister State Money Judgments
- Damages in Action for Breach of Lease
- Wage Garnishment
- Liquidated Damages
Nonprofit Corporation Law [Pub. #121]

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Volume 14 (1978)

1977 Annual Report [Pub. #122], includes the following recommendations:
- Use of Keepers Pursuant to Writs of Execution
- Attachment Law: Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings; Effect of General Assignments for Benefit of Creditors
- Review of Resolution of Necessity by Writ of Mandate
- Use of Court Commissioners Under the Attachment Law
- Evidence of Market Value of Property
- Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
- Parol Evidence Rule
1978 Annual Report [Pub. #123], includes the following recommendations:
- Technical Revisions in the Attachment Law includes the following recommendations:
  - Unlawful Detainer Proceedings
  - Bond for Levy on Joint Deposit Account or Safe Deposit Box
  - Definition of "Chose in Action"
- Ad Valorem Property Taxes in Eminent Domain Proceedings
- Security for Costs
Recommendation Relating to Guardianship-Conservatorship Law [Pub. #124]

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Volume 15 (1980) -- Part I [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

Recommendation Relating to Enforcement of Judgments [Pub. #125], includes the following recommendations:
- Interest Rate on Judgments
- Married Women as Sole Traders
- State Tax Liens
Application of Evidence Code Property Valuation Rules in Noncondemnation Cases [Pub. #126]
Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act [Pub. #127]
Probate Homestead [Pub. #128]
Guardianship-Conservatorship Law with Official Comments [Pub. #129]
1979 Annual Report [Pub. #130], includes the following recommendations:
- Effect of New Bankruptcy Law on the Attachment Law
- Confessions of Judgment
- Special Assessment Liens on Property Taken for Public Use
- Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
- Vacation of Public Streets, Highways, and Service Easements
- Quiet Title Actions
- Agreements for Entry of Paternity and Support Judgments
- Enforcement of Claims and Judgments Against Public Entities
- Uniform Veterans Guardianship Act
- Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
- Enforcement of Obligations After Death

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Volume 15 (1980) -- Part II [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1980 Annual Report [Pub. #131], includes the following recommendation:
- Revision of the Guardianship-Conservatorship Law includes the following recommendations:
  - Appointment of Successor Guardian or Conservator
  - Support of Conservatee Spouse from Community Property
  - Appealable Orders
Recommendations Relating to Probate and Estate Planning [Pub. #132], includes:
- Non-Probate Transfers
- Revision of the Powers of Appointment Statute
Tentative Recommendation Proposing the Enforcement of Judgments Law [Pub. #133]

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Volume 16 (1982) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1981 Annual Report [Pub. #134], includes the following recommendation:
- Federal Military and Other Federal Pensions as Community Property
Probate Law and Procedure [Pub. #135], includes the following recommendations:
- Missing Persons
- Nonprobate Transfers
- Emancipated Minors
- Notice in Limited Conservatorship Proceedings
- Disclaimer of Testamentary and Other Interests
Holographic and Nuncupative Wills [Pub. #136]
Marketable Title of Real Property [Pub. #137]
Statutory Bonds and Undertakings [Pub. #138]
Attachment [Pub. #139]
1982 Creditors' Remedies Legislation [Pub. #140] [out of print], includes the following reports:
- Enforcement of Judgments Law
- Attachment Law
1982 Annual Report [Pub. #141], includes the following recommendations:
- Division of Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common Property at Dissolution of Marriage
- Creditors' Remedies includes the following recommendations:
  - Amount Secured by Attachment
  - Execution of Writs by Registered Process Servers
  - Technical Amendments
  - Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution
  - Conforming Changes to the Bond and Undertaking Law
  - Notice of Rejection of Late Claim Against Public Entity
Tentative Recommendation Relating to Wills and Intestate Succession [Pub. #142]

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Volume 17 (1984) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

Liability of Marital Property for Debts (January 1983) [Pub. #143]
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions (March 1983) [Pub. #144]
Family Law (November 1983) [Pub. #145], includes the following recommendations:
- Marital Property Presumptions and Transmutations
- Disposition of Community Property
- Reimbursement of Educational Expenses
- Special Appearance in Family Law Proceedings
- Liability of Stepparent for Child Support
- Awarding Temporary Use of Family Home
Statutes of Limitation for Felonies (January 1984) [Pub. #146]
Probate Law (November 1983) [Pub. #147], includes the following recommendations:
- Independent Administration of Decedent's Estates
- Distribution of Estates Without Administration
- Execution of Witnessed Wills
- Simultaneous Deaths
- Notice of Will
- Garnishment of Amounts Payable to Trust Beneficiary
- Bonds for Personal Representatives
- Revision of Wills and Intestate Succession Law
- Recording Affidavit of Death
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (January 1984) [Pub. #148]
Statutory Forms For Durable Powers of Attorney [Pub. #149]
1983 Annual Report [Pub. #150], includes the following recommendations:
- Effect of Death of Support Obligor
- Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution
- Severance of Joint Tenancy
- Effect of Quiet Title and Partition Judgments
- Dormant Mineral Rights
- Creditors' Remedies includes the following recommendations:
  - Levy on Joint Deposit Accounts
  - Issuance of Earnings Withholding Orders by Registered Process Servers
  - Protection of Declared Homestead After Owner's Death
  - Jurisdiction of Condominium Assessment Lien Enforcement
  - Technical Amendments
- Rights Among Cotenants in Possession and Out of Possession of Real Property

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Volume 18 (1986) [Hardbound Volume Out of Print]

1985 Annual Report (March) [Pub. #151],includes the following recommendations:
- Provision for Support if Support Obligor Dies
- Transfer Without Probate of Certain Property Registered by the State
- Dividing Jointly Owned Property Upon Marriage Dissolution
1985 Annual Report (December) [Pub. #152], includes the following recommendations:
- Protection of Mediation Communications
- Recording Severance of Joint Tenancy
- Abandoned Easements
- Distribution Under a Will or Trust
- Effect of Adoption or Out of Wedlock Birth on Rights at Death
- Durable Powers of Attorney
- Litigation Expenses in Family Law Proceedings
- Civil Code Sections 4800.1 and 4800.2
Recommendation Proposing the Trust Law -- (December 1985) [Pub. #153]
Recommendations Relating to Probate Law -- (December 1985) [Pub. #154], includes the following recommendations:
- Disposition of Estates Without Administration
- Small Estate Set-Aside
- Proration of Estate Taxes
Selected 1986 Trust and Probate Legislation -- (September 1986) [Pub. #155]
1986 Annual Report [Pub. #156], includes the following recommendations:
- Notice in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings
- Preliminary Provisions and Definitions of the Probate Code
- Technical Revisions in the Trust Law

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Volume 19 (1988)

Recommendations Relating to Probate Law -- (January 1987) [Pub. #157], includes the following recommendations:
- Supervised Administration of Decedent's Estate
- Independent Administration of Estates Act
- Creditor Claims Against Decedent's Estate
- Notice in Probate Proceedings
1987 Annual Report [Pub. #158], includes the following recommendations:
- Marital Deduction Gifts
- Estates of Missing Persons
- Uniform Dormant Mineral Interests Act
Recommendations Relating to Probate Law -- (December 1987) [Pub. #159], includes the following recommendations:
- Public Guardians and Administrators
- Inventory and Appraisal
- Opening Estate Administration
- Abatement
- Accounts
- Litigation Involving Decedents
- Rules of Procedure in Probate
- Distribution and Discharge
- Nondomiciliary Decedents
- Interest and Income During Administration
1988 Annual Report [Pub. #160], includes the following recommendations:
- Creditors' Remedies:
  - Revival of Junior Liens Where Execution Sale Set Aside
  - Time for Setting Sale Aside
  - Enforcement of Judgment Lien on Transferred Property After Death of Transferor-Debtor

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Volume 20 (1990)

Recommendations Relating to Probate Law -- (February 1989) [Pub. #161], includes the following recommendations:
- No Contest Clauses
- 120-Hour Survival Requirement
- Hiring and Paying Attorneys, Advisors and Others
- Compensation of Personal Representative
- Multiple-Party Accounts in Financial Institutions
- Notice to Creditors in Probate Proceedings
1989 Annual Report [Pub. #162], includes the following recommendations:
- Commercial Lease Law: Assignment and Sublease
- Trustees' Fees
Recommendation Relating to Powers of Attorney -- (December 1989) [Pub. #163], includes the following recommendations:
- Springing Powers of Attorney
- Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney
Recommendations Relating to Probate Law -- (December 1989) [Pub. #164], includes the following recommendations:
- Notice to Creditors in Estate Administration
- Disposition of Small Estate by Public Administrator
- Court-Authorized Medical Treatment
- Survival Requirement for Beneficiary of Statutory Will
- Execution or Modification of Lease Without Court Order
- Limitation Period for Action Against Surety in Guardianship or Conservatorship Proceeding
- Repeal of Probate Code Section 6402.5 (In-Law Inheritance)
- Access to Decedent's Safe Deposit Box
- Priority of Conservator or Guardian for Appointment as Administrator
Recommendation Proposing the New Probate Code -- (December 1989) [Pub. #165]
Revised and Supplemental Comments to the New Probate Code -- (September 1990) [Pub. #166]
1990 Annual Report [Pub. #167], includes the following recommendations:
- Notice in Probate Where Address Unknown
- Jurisdiction of Superior Court in Trust Matters
- Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act
- Discovery After Judicial Arbitration
Recommendations Relating to Commercial Real Property Leases -- (May 1990) [Pub. #168], includes the following recommendations:
- Remedies for Breach of Assignment or Sublease Covenant
- Use Restrictions
Recommendation Relating to Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities -- (September 1990) [Pub. #169]
Recommendation Relating to Powers of Attorney -- (November 1990) [Pub. #170], includes the following recommendations:
- Elimination of Seven-Year Limit for Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Recognition of Agent's Authority Under Statutory Form Power of Attorney
Recommendation Relating to Probate Law -- (November 1990) [Pub. #171], includes the following recommendations:
- 1991 Probate Urgency Clean-Up Bill
- Debts That Are Contingent, Disputed, or Not Due
- Remedies of Creditor Where Personal Representative Fails to Give Notice
- Repeal of Civil Code Section 704 (Passage of Ownership of U.S. Bonds on Death)
- Disposition of Small Estate Without Probate
- Right of Surviving Spouse to Dispose of Community Property
- Litigation Involving Decedents
- Compensation in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings
- Recognition of Trustees' Powers
- Access to Decedent's Safe Deposit Box
- Gifts in View of Impending Death
- TOD Registration of Vehicles and Certain Other State Registered Property

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Volume 21 (1991) [Bound with Volume 22]

1991 Annual Report [Pub. #172], includes the following recommendation:
- Application of Marketable Title Statute to Executory Interests
Recommendations [Pub. #173], includes the following recommendations:
- Relocation of Powers of Appointment Statute
- Miscellaneous Creditors' Remedies Matters
- Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property
- Notice of Trustees' Fees
- Nonprobate Transfer to Trustee Named in Will
- Preliminary Distribution Without Court Supervision
- Transfer of Conservatorship Property to Trust
- Compensation in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations [Pub. #174]

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Volume 22 (1992) [Bound with Volume 21]

Family Code [Pub. #175]
1992 Annual Report [Pub. #176], includes the following recommendations:
- Litigation Involving Decedents (Revised)
- Standing to Sue for Wrongful Death
- Recognition of Agent's Authority Under Statutory Form Power of Attorney (Revised)
- Special Needs Trust for Disabled Minor or Incompetent Person

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Volume 23 (1993)

1994 Family Code with Official Comments [Pub. #177], includes the following report and recommendations:
- 1994 Family Code
- Child Custody
- Reorganization of Domestic Violence Provisions
1993 Annual Report [Pub. #178], includes the following recommendations:
- Deposit of Estate Planning Documents
- Parent and Child Relationship for Intestate Succession
- Effect of Joint Tenancy Title on Marital Property
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations [Pub. #179]

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Volume 24 (1994)

Trial Court Unification: Constitutional Revision [Pub. #180]
Comprehensive Power of Attorney Law [Pub. #181]
1995 Power of Attorney Law[Pub. #182]
1994 Annual Report [Pub. #183], includes the following recommendations:
- Orders To Show Cause and Temporary Restraining Orders -- (January 1994)
- Trial Court Unification: Transitional Provisions for SCA 3 -- (May 1994)
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations [Pub. #184]

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Volume 25 (1995)

Debtor-Creditor Relations -- (November 1994) [Pub. #185], includes the following recommendations:
- Attachment Where Claim Is Partially Secured -- Report on 1990 Amendments
- Exemptions from Enforcement of Money Judgments -- Decennial Review
- Miscellaneous Debtor-Creditor Matters
Administrative Adjudication by State Agencies [Pub. #186], includes background studies by Prof. Michael Asimow:
- Toward a New California Administrative Procedure Act: Adjudication Fundamentals [reprinted from 39 UCLA L. Rev. 1067 (1992)] The Adjudication Process -- (October 1991)
Uniform Prudent Investor Act -- (November 1994) [Pub. #187] [For the law as enacted, with revised Comments, see the Staff Report.
1995 AnnualReport [Pub. #188], includes the following reports:
- Report on the Uniform Prudent Investor Act
- Report on Administrative Adjudication
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations (including Bound Volume 25 front matter)

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Volume 26 (1996)

1995-96 Recommendations [Pub. #189], includes the following recommendations:
- Statute of Limitations in Trust Matters: Probate Code Section 16460 -- (November 1995)
- Inheritance From or Through Child Born Out of Wedlock
- Collecting Small Estate Without Administration
- Repeal of Civil Code Section 1464: The First Rule in Spencer's Case -- (November 1995)
- Homestead Exemption -- (April 1996)
- Tolling Statute of Limitations When Defendant Is Out of State
1996-1997 Annual Report [Pub. #190]
Unfair Competition Litigation
[Pub. #191] , includes the Commission's recommendation and a background study by Prof. Robert C. Fellmeth:
- Unfair Competition Litigation (recommendation only) -- (November 1996)
- Fellmeth, California's Unfair Competition Act: Conundrums and Confusions -- (January 1995)
1996 Recommendations [Pub. #192], includes the following recommendations:
- Administrative Adjudication by Quasi-Public Entities -- (October 1996)
- Marketable Title: Enforcement of Land Use Restrictions -- (October 1996)
- Attachment by Undersecured Creditors -- (November 1996)
- Ethical Standards for Administrative Law Judges -- (November 1996)
- Best Evidence Rule -- (November 1996)
Mediation Confidentiality -- (January 1997) [Pub. #193]
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations (including Bound Volume 26 front matter)

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Volume 27 (1997)

Judicial Review of Agency Action [Pub. #194], includes the Commission's recommendation and three background studies by Prof. Michael Asimow:
- Judicial Review of Agency Action (recommendation only) -- (February 1997)
- Asimow, Judicial Review: Standing and Timing -- (September 1992)
- Asimow, The Scope of Judicial Review of Decisions of California Administrative Agencies, reprinted from 42 UCLA L. Rev. 1157 (1995)
- Asimow, A Modern Judicial Review Statute To Replace Administrative Mandamus -- (November 1993)
Public Utility Deregulation [Pub. #195]
1997-1998 Annual Report [Pub. #196]
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations (including Bound Volume 27 front matter)

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Volume 28 (1998)

Business Judgment Rule [Pub. #197], includes Professor Melvin C. Eisenberg's background study, Whether the Business-Judgment Rule Should Be Codified -- (May 1995)
Trial Court Unification: Revision of Codes [Pub. #198]
1998 Recommendations [Pub. #199], includes the following recommendations:
- Response to Demand for Production of Documents in Discovery -- (March 1998)
- Uniform TOD Security Registration Act -- (June 1998)
- Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Nonprobate Transfers -- (September 1998)
- Administrative Rulemaking: Consent Regulations and Other Noncontroversial Regulations -- (September 1998)
- Administrative Rulemaking: Advisory Interpretations -- (September 1998)
1998-1999 Annual Report [Pub. #200]
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations (including Bound Volume 28 front matter)

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Volume 29 (1999)

Health Care Decisions for Adults Without Decisionmaking Capacity -- (December 1998) [Pub. #201]
Uniform Principal and Income Act [Pub. #202]
Admissibility, Discoverability, and Confidentiality of Settlement Negotiations [Pub. #203]
Environmental Law [Pub. #204], includes the following report and recommendation:
- Reorganization of Environmental and Natural Resource Statutes (Report) -- (June 1999)
- Air Resources Technical Revisions (Recommendation) -- (October 1999)
Administrative Rulemaking [Pub. #205]
1999-2000 Annual Report [Pub. #206], includes the following recommendations:
- Enforcement of Judgments Under the Family Code: Technical Revisions (October 1999)
- Compensation for Loss of Business Goodwill in Eminent Domain: Selected Issues (August 1999)
- Eminent Domain Valuation Evidence: Clarification of Evidence Code Section 822 (October 1999)
- Alternate Distributee for Unclaimed Distribution (November 1999)
Cumulative Tables of Sections Affected by Commission Recommendations (including Bound Volume 29 front matter) [Pub. #207]