{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-4152","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 4152","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the authority of an attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney is terminated by any of the following events:\n(1) In accordance with the terms of the power of attorney.\n(2) Extinction of the subject or fulfillment of the purpose of the power of attorney.\n(3) Revocation of the attorney-in-fact’s authority, as provided in Section 4153.\n(4) Death of the principal, except as to specific authority permitted by statute to be exercised after the principal’s death.\n(5) Removal of the attorney-in-fact.\n(6) Resignation of the attorney-in-fact.\n(7) Incapacity of the attorney-in-fact, except that a temporary incapacity suspends the attorney-in-fact’s authority only during the period of the incapacity.\n(8) Dissolution or annulment of the marriage of the attorney-in-fact and principal, as provided in Section 4154.\n(9) Death of the attorney-in-fact.\n(b) An attorney-in-fact or third person who does not have notice of an event that terminates the power of attorney or the authority of an attorney-in-fact is protected from liability as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4300).","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 4.5. POWERS OF ATTORNEY [4000. - 4545.]","PART 2. POWERS OF ATTORNEY GENERALLY [4100. - 4310.]","CHAPTER 3. Modification and Revocation of Powers of Attorney [4150. - 4155.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e622d0a4fb088f116453d5f025d2ae81825677e0348c9ebe91ed27f8b41f712c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-4151","next":"us-ca/prob-4153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}