California Probate Code

§ 732

PROB § 732 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Part 15 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)An attorney may terminate a deposit under this section if the attorney has delivered notice pursuant to Section 1215 to reclaim the document to the depositor’s last known address and the depositor has failed to reclaim the document within 90 days after delivery.

(b)Subject to subdivision (f), an attorney may terminate a deposit under this section by transferring the document to another attorney. All documents transferred under this subdivision shall be transferred to the same attorney.

(c)Subject to subdivision (f), if an attorney is deceased, lacks legal capacity, or is no longer an active member of the State Bar, a deposit may be terminated under this section by transferring the document to the clerk of the superior court of the county of the depositor’s last known domicile. The attorney shall advise the clerk that the document is being transferred pursuant to this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 11. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.