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CALIFORNIA PROBATE CODEDivision 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONSPart 15 - DEPOSIT OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WITH ATTORNEY
Chapter 2 - DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF ATTORNEY
Section 710 - Duty to use ordinary care for preservation and hold document in secure place

Cal. Prob. Code § 710

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Section 710 - Duty to use ordinary care for preservation and hold document in secure place

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.

Ca. Prob. Code § 710

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