Section 4455 Of Chapter 2. Construction Of Powers From California Probate Code >> Division 4.5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
4455
. In a statutory form power of attorney, the language granting
power with respect to banking and other financial institution
transactions empowers the agent to do all of the following:
(a) Continue, modify, and terminate an account or other banking
arrangement made by or on behalf of the principal.
(b) Establish, modify, and terminate an account or other banking
arrangement with a bank, trust company, savings and loan association,
credit union, thrift company, industrial loan company, brokerage
firm, or other financial institution selected by the agent.
(c) Hire or close a safe deposit box or space in a vault.
(d) Contract to procure other services available from a financial
institution as the agent considers desirable.
(e) Withdraw by check, order, or otherwise money or property of
the principal deposited with or left in the custody of a financial
institution.
(f) Receive bank statements, vouchers, notices, and similar
documents from a financial institution and act with respect to them.
(g) Enter a safe deposit box or vault and withdraw or add to the
contents.
(h) Borrow money at an interest rate agreeable to the agent and
pledge as security personal property of the principal necessary in
order to borrow, pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt
of the principal.
(i) Make, assign, draw, endorse, discount, guarantee, and
negotiate promissory notes, checks, drafts, and other negotiable or
nonnegotiable paper of the principal, or payable to the principal or
the principal's order, receive the cash or other proceeds of those
transactions, and accept a draft drawn by a person upon the principal
and pay it when due.
(j) Receive for the principal and act upon a sight draft,
warehouse receipt, or other negotiable or nonnegotiable instrument.
(k) Apply for and receive letters of credit, credit cards, and
traveler's checks from a financial institution, and give an indemnity
or other agreement in connection with letters of credit.
(l) Consent to an extension of the time of payment with respect to
commercial paper or a financial transaction with a financial
institution.