{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-4261","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 4261","heading":"","body":"If a power of attorney grants general authority to an attorney-in-fact and is not limited to one or more express actions, subjects, or purposes for which general authority is conferred, the attorney-in-fact has all the authority to act that a person having the capacity to contract may carry out through an attorney-in-fact specifically authorized to take the action.","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 3. Authority of Attorneys-in-Fact [4260. - 4266.]"],"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":"a6a0dde3fac8f45d4571ce973f01632535588019b53c46f6172a2c7cf29b3b5c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-4260","next":"us-ca/prob-4262"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}