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Probate Code § 6121

CHAPTER 3. Revocation and Revival

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 6121Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

A will executed in duplicate or any part thereof is revoked if one of the duplicates is burned, torn, canceled, obliterated, or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it, by either (1) the testator or (2) another person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s direction.