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DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-890›PART 15. DEPOSIT OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WITH ATTORNEY 700-735›CHAPTER 2. Duties and Liabilities of Attorney 710-716

§ 715

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

An attorney may give written notice to a depositor, and obtain written acknowledgment from the depositor, in the following form:

NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To: _____ (Name of depositor) _____
_____ (Address) _____
_____ (City, state, and ZIP) _____
_____ (Electronic address) _____

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) _____
_____ (Address of attorney) _____
_____ (City, state, and ZIP) _____
_____ (Electronic address) _____

My addresses shown above are correct. I understand that I must keep you advised of any change in these addresses.

Dated:
_____ (Signature of depositor) _____

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 10. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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