Cal. PROB § 715
This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 715, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.
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Official statutory text
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)
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)
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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