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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. )

  
715.  

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.)