Prob. Code, § 715 · Chapter 2. Duties and Liabilities of Attorney
Prob. Code, § 715
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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)______
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 10. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.
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