{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"4544","citation":"Prob. Code, § 4544","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4.5. POWERS OF ATTORNEY [4000. - 4545.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-4.5"},{"name":"PART 4. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING POWERS OF ATTORNEY [4500. - 4545.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-4.5/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Petitions, Orders,Appeals [4540. - 4545.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-4.5/part-4/chapter-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 37.   Effective January 1, 2000.   Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Subject to subdivision (b), at least 15 days before the time set for hearing, the petitioner shall serve notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, on the following:</p><p>(1) The attorney-in-fact if not the petitioner.</p><p>(2) The principal if not the petitioner.</p><p>(b) In the case of a petition to compel a third person to honor the authority of an attorney-in-fact, notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, shall be served on the third person in the manner provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.</p>","text":"(a) Subject to subdivision (b), at least 15 days before the time set for hearing, the petitioner shall serve notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, on the following: (1) The attorney-in-fact if not the petitioner. (2) The principal if not the petitioner. (b) In the case of a petition to compel a third person to honor the authority of an attorney-in-fact, notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, shall be served on the third person in the manner provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/petitions-orders-appeals-4544","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}