DIVISION 4.5. POWERS OF ATTORNEY 4000-4545›PART 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 4000-4054›CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Definitions 4000-4034

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(a) “Attorney-in-fact” means a person granted authority to act for the principal in a power of attorney, regardless of whether the person is known as an attorney-in-fact or agent, or by some other term.

(b) “Attorney-in-fact” includes a successor or alternate attorney-in-fact and a person delegated authority by an attorney-in-fact.

(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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