California Probate Code CHAPTER 2 - Creation and Effect of Powers of Attorney

• Section 4120.
  A natural person having the capacity to contract may execute a power of attorney.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.)
• Section 4121.
  A power of attorney is legally sufficient if all of the following requirements are satisfied:(a) The power of attorney contains the date of its execution.(b) The power...
• Section 4122.
  If the power of attorney is signed by witnesses, as provided in Section 4121, the following requirements shall be satisfied:(a) The witnesses shall be adults.(b) The attorney-in-fact...
• Section 4123.
  (a) In a power of attorney under this division, a principal may grant authority to an attorney-in-fact to act on the principal’s behalf with respect to...
• Section 4124.
  A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another person as attorney-in-fact in writing and the power of...
• Section 4125.
  All acts done by an attorney-in-fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of incapacity of the principal have the same effect...
• Section 4126.
  (a) A principal may nominate, by a durable power of attorney, a conservator of the person or estate or both, or a guardian of the person...
• Section 4127.
  Unless a power of attorney states a time of termination, the authority of the attorney-in-fact is exercisable notwithstanding any lapse of time since execution of...
• Section 4128.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a printed form of a durable power of attorney that is sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by...
• Section 4129.
  (a) In a springing power of attorney, the principal may designate one or more persons who, by a written declaration under penalty of perjury, have the...
• Section 4130.
  (a) If a principal grants inconsistent authority to one or more attorneys-in-fact in two or more powers of attorney, the authority granted last controls to the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018