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DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-884›PART 15. DEPOSIT OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WITH ATTORNEY 700-735›CHAPTER 2. Duties and Liabilities of Attorney 710-716

§ 710

California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If a document is deposited with an attorney, the attorney, and a successor attorney that accepts transfer of the document, shall use ordinary care for preservation of the document on and after July 1, 1994, whether or not consideration is given, and shall hold the document in a safe, vault, safe deposit box, or other secure place where it will be reasonably protected against loss or destruction.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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