CHAPTER 2. Creation and Effect of Powers of Attorney [4120. - 4130.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 16.

§§ 4120–4130 · 11 sections

• § 4120 A natural person having the capacity to contract may execute a power of attorney.
• § 4121 A power of attorney is legally sufficient if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The power of attorney contains the date of its execution. (b)…
• § 4122 If the power of attorney is signed by witnesses, as provided in Section 4121, the following requirements shall be satisfied: (a) The witnesses shall be adults.…
• § 4123 (a) In a power of attorney under this division, a principal may grant authority to an attorney-in-fact to act on the principal’s behalf with respect to all…
• § 4124 A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another person as attorney-in-fact in writing and the power of attorney…
• § 4125 All acts done by an attorney-in-fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of incapacity of the principal have the same effect and inure to…
• § 4126 (a) A principal may nominate, by a durable power of attorney, a conservator of the person or estate or both, or a guardian of the person or estate or both, for…
• § 4127 Unless a power of attorney states a time of termination, the authority of the attorney-in-fact is exercisable notwithstanding any lapse of time since execution…
• § 4128 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a printed form of a durable power of attorney that is sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by a person who does…
• § 4129 (a) In a springing power of attorney, the principal may designate one or more persons who, by a written declaration under penalty of perjury, have the power to…
• § 4130 (a) If a principal grants inconsistent authority to one or more attorneys-in-fact in two or more powers of attorney, the authority granted last controls to the…