Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.
Any association may accept fiduciary savings accounts in the name of any administrator, executor, custodian, conservator, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary for a named beneficiary or beneficiaries.
Article 7 - Accounts of Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Custodians, Trustees, and Other Fiduciaries
California Financial Code — §§ 6850-6856
Sections (5)
Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.
(a)The withdrawal value of a fiduciary account, and interest on it, or other rights relating to it, may be paid or delivered, in whole or in part, to the fiduciary without regard to any notice to the contrary as long as the fiduciary is living.
(b)The payment or delivery to the fiduciary or a receipt or acquittance signed by a fiduciary to whom payment or delivery of rights is made shall be a sufficient release of an association for the payment or delivery.
Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.
(a)Whenever a person holding an account in a fiduciary capacity dies and no written notice of the revocation or termination of the fiduciary relationship has been given to an association and the association has no written notice of any other disposition of the beneficial estate, the withdrawal value of the account, and interest on it, or other rights relating to it, may, at the option of an association, be paid or delivered, in whole or in part, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries.
(b)In the absence of written notice to the contrary an association may presume that each
beneficiary of an account with two or more beneficiaries has an undivided equal beneficial interest in the account.
Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79, Sec. 8. Operative July 1, 1991, pursuant to Stats. 1990, Ch. 710, Sec. 46.
No association paying any fiduciary, beneficiary, or designated person in accordance with this article or the California Multiple-Party Accounts Law contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 5100) of Division 5 of the Probate Code shall, because of the payment, be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes that may be due this state.
Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.
The provisions of this article apply to federal associations to the extent that they are not inconsistent with and do not infringe upon federal laws governing federal associations.