{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-4230","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 4230","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a person who is designated as an attorney-in-fact has no duty to exercise the authority granted in the power of attorney and is not subject to the other duties of an attorney-in-fact, regardless of whether the principal has become incapacitated, is missing, or is otherwise unable to act.\n(b) Acting for the principal in one or more transactions does not obligate an attorney-in-fact to act for the principal in a subsequent transaction, but the attorney-in-fact has a duty to complete a transaction that the attorney-in-fact has commenced.\n(c) If an attorney-in-fact has expressly agreed in writing to act for the principal, the attorney-in-fact has a duty to act pursuant to the terms of the agreement. The agreement to act on behalf of the principal is enforceable against the attorney-in-fact as a fiduciary regardless of whether there is any consideration to support a contractual obligation.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 4.5. POWERS OF ATTORNEY [4000. - 4545.]","PART 2. POWERS OF ATTORNEY GENERALLY [4100. - 4310.]","CHAPTER 4. Attorneys-in-Fact [4200. - 4266.]","ARTICLE 2. Duties of Attorneys-in-Fact [4230. - 4238.]"],"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":"abf07360e34da4c2a5e055140d1f09d4238b69b39dd791f441842de758cc1c08","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-4207","next":"us-ca/prob-4231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}