{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-4303","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 4303","heading":"","body":"(a) A third person who acts in good faith reliance on a power of attorney is not liable to the principal or to any other person for so acting if all of the following requirements are satisfied:\n(1) The power of attorney is presented to the third person by the attorney-in-fact designated in the power of attorney.\n(2) The power of attorney appears on its face to be valid.\n(3) The power of attorney includes a notary public’s certificate of acknowledgment or is signed by two witnesses.\n(b) Nothing in this section is intended to create an implication that a third person is liable for acting in reliance on a power of attorney under circumstances where the requirements of subdivision (a) are not satisfied. Nothing in this section affects any immunity that may otherwise exist apart from this section.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 4.5. POWERS OF ATTORNEY [4000. - 4545.]","PART 2. POWERS OF ATTORNEY GENERALLY [4100. - 4310.]","CHAPTER 5. Relations With Third Persons [4300. - 4310.]"],"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":"696433c5651e11fcf40cabec0c32f12c87c2c000b1531a68a363fb652ccf311f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-4302","next":"us-ca/prob-4304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}