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Probate Code § 217

CHAPTER 3. Reporting Fact of Death

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 217Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.

(a) A business that receives an oral or written request from a family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased person to cancel that person’s services may not require an in-person cancellation.

(b) For purposes of this section, “services” include, but are not limited to, gas, electrical, water, sewage, cable, satellite, telephone, or cellular telephone service.