Probate Code section 6121

A will executed in duplicate or any part thereof is revoked if one of the duplicates is burned, torn, canceled, obliterated, or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it, by either (1) the testator or (2) another person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s direction.

Source: Section 6121, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6121. (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

§ 6121’s source at ca.gov

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Original Source: Section 6121, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6121. (last accessed May 12, 2025).