Probate Code section 4804

Registration with the Secretary of State does not affect the ability of the registrant to revoke the registrant’s advance health care directive or a later executed advance directive, nor does registration raise any presumption of validity or superiority among any competing advance directives or revocations.

Source: Section 4804, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4804. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_4804

Original Source: Section 4804, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4804. (last accessed May 12, 2025).