An agency is terminated, as to every person having notice thereof, by:

1. The expiration of its term;

2. The extinction of its subject;

3. The death of the agent;

4. The renunciation of the agency; or

5. The incapacity of the agent to act as such.

SOURCE: CC § 2355.

NOTE: In the Civil Code, Vol. 2 (1970 ed.), the editor has indicated that agency is the original word used in item 5, but that agent is probably the intent of the Legislature. Since it is the person (agent) referenced in item 4, and since the concept of agency cannot develop an incapacity, the Compiler has determined that the original intent of this section is the word agent. The equivalent item in Calif. CC § 2355 uses the term agent.