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
§ 715
California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
An attorney may give written notice to a depositor, and obtain written acknowledgment from the depositor, in the following form:
| NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
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| To: | (Name of depositor) |
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| (Address) |
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| (City, state, and ZIP) |
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| (Electronic address) |
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I have accepted your will or other estate planning document for safekeeping. I must use ordinary care for preservation of the document.
You must keep me advised of any change in your addresses shown above. If you do not and I cannot return this document to you when necessary, I will no longer be required to use ordinary care for preservation of the document, and I may transfer it to another attorney, or I may transfer it to the clerk of the superior court of the county of your last known domicile, and give notice of the transfer to the State Bar of California.
| (Signature of attorney) |
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| (Address of attorney) |
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| (City, state, and ZIP) |
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| (Electronic address) |
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My addresses shown above are correct. I understand that I must keep you advised of any change in these addresses.
| Dated: |
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| (Signature of depositor) |
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(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 10. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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