An attorney may give written notice to a depositor, and obtain written acknowledgment from the depositor, in the following form:

NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 715

  • State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See California Probate Code 74
  • Will: includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will. See California Probate Code 88

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) _____

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 10. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)