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DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS 21101-21700›PART 2. PERPETUITIES 21200-21231›CHAPTER 1. Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities 21200-21225›ARTICLE 2. Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities 21205-21209

§ 21206

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A general power of appointment not presently exercisable because of a condition precedent is invalid unless one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(a) When the power is created, the condition precedent is certain to be satisfied or become impossible to satisfy no later than 21 years after the death of an individual then alive.

(b) The condition precedent either is satisfied or becomes impossible to satisfy within 90 years after its creation.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 156, Sec. 24.)

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