Prob. Code, § 710 · Chapter 2. Duties and Liabilities of Attorney

Prob. Code, § 710

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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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

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Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=710.
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