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Cal. PROB § 4804

This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 4804, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.

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Official statutory text

Registration with the Secretary of State does not affect the ability of the registrant to revoke the registrant’s advance health care directive or a later executed advance directive, nor does registration raise any presumption of validity or superiority among any competing advance directives or revocations.

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