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DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS 1400-3925›PART 8. OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS 3300-3803›CHAPTER 5. Property of Absent Federal Personnel 3700-3722›ARTICLE 4. Absentee’s Power of Attorney 3720-3722

§ 3720

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

If an absentee executed a power of attorney that expires during the period that occasions absentee status, the power of attorney continues in full force and effect until 30 days after the absentee status is terminated. Any person who acts in reliance upon the power of attorney when accompanied by a copy of a certificate of missing status is not liable for relying and acting upon the power of attorney.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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