Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 3 > Chapter 6 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Act: means this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 6501
• Bureau: means the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs, established pursuant to Section 6510. See California Business and Professions Code 6501
• Committee: means the Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee, as established pursuant to Section 6511. See California Business and Professions Code 6501
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 6501
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Probate: Proving a will
• Professional fiduciary: means either of the following:

  California Business and Professions Code 6501

• related: means related by blood, adoption, marriage, or registered domestic partnership. See California Business and Professions Code 6501
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15