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Cal. PROB § 5140

This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 5140, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.

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Official statutory text

“P.O.D. account” means any of the following:

(a) An account payable on request to one person during the person’s lifetime and on the person’s death to one or more P.O.D. payees.

(b) An account payable on request to one or more persons during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one or more P.O.D. payees.

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