California Probate Code CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Liabilities of Attorney

• Section 710.
  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...
• Section 711.
  If a document deposited with an attorney is lost or destroyed, the attorney shall give notice of the loss or destruction to the depositor by...
• Section 712.
  Notwithstanding failure of an attorney to satisfy the standard of care required by Section 710 or 716, the attorney is not liable for loss or...
• Section 713.
  The acceptance by an attorney of a document for deposit imposes no duty on the attorney to do either of the following:(a) Inquire into the content,...
• Section 714.
  (a) If so provided in a written agreement signed by the depositor, an attorney may charge the depositor for compensation and expenses incurred in safekeeping or...
• Section 715.
  An attorney may give written notice to a depositor, and obtain written acknowledgment from the depositor, in the following form:NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTTo: _____ (Name of...
• Section 716.
  Notwithstanding Section 710, if an attorney has given written notice to the depositor, and has obtained written acknowledgment from the depositor, in substantially the form...

Last modified: October 22, 2018