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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 3. Termination of Deposit [720 - 735]

  ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Termination by Attorney [730 - 735]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. )

  
734.  

(a) In cases not governed by subdivision (b) or (c), after the death of the depositor an attorney may terminate a deposit by personal delivery of the document to the depositor’s personal representative.

(b) If the document is a will and the attorney has actual notice that the depositor has died but does not have actual notice that a personal representative has been appointed for the depositor, an attorney may terminate a deposit only as provided in Section 8200.

(c) If the document is a trust, after the death of the depositor an attorney may terminate a deposit by personal delivery of the document either to the depositor’s personal representative or to the trustee named in the document.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)