California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 9 — Agency, Chapter 1 — Agency in General, Article 6 — Termination of Agency, Section 2357
For the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 2356, in the case of a principal who is an absentee as defined in Section 1403 of the Probate Code, a person shall be deemed to be without actual knowledge of:
(a) The principal’s death or incapacity while the absentee continues in missing status and until the person receives notice of the determination of the death of the absentee by the secretary concerned or the head of the department or agency concerned or the delegate of the secretary or head.
(b) Revocation by the principal during the period described in subdivision (a).
Notes
Defines a person, for purposes of the referenced rule involving an absentee principal, as lacking actual knowledge of the principal’s death or incapacity while the principal remains missing until specified official notice is received. The same deemed lack of actual knowledge applies to revocation by the principal during that period.
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