Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [100 - 890]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. ) PART 15. DEPOSIT OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WITH ATTORNEY [700 - 735]
( Part 15 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. ) CHAPTER 2. Duties and Liabilities of Attorney [710 - 716]
( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. ) 710.
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.)