Section 5401 Of Chapter 4. Protection Of Financial Institution From California Probate Code >> Division 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.
5401
. (a) Financial institutions may enter into multiple-party
accounts to the same extent that they may enter into single-party
accounts. Any multiple-party account may be paid, on request and
according to its terms, to any one or more of the parties or agents.
(b) The terms of the account or deposit agreement may require the
signatures of more than one of the parties to a multiple-party
account during their lifetimes or of more than one of the survivors
after the death of any one of them on any check, check endorsement,
receipt, notice of withdrawal, request for withdrawal, or withdrawal
order. In such case, the financial institution shall pay the sums on
deposit only in accordance with such terms, but those terms do not
limit the right of the sole survivor or of all of the survivors to
receive the sums on deposit.
(c) A financial institution is not required to do any of the
following pursuant to Section 5301, 5303, or any other provision of
this part:
(1) Inquire as to the source of funds received for deposit to a
multiple-party account, or inquire as to the proposed application of
any sum withdrawn from an account, for purposes of establishing net
contributions.
(2) Determine any party's net contribution.
(3) Limit withdrawals or any other use of an account based on the
net contribution of any party, whether or not the financial
institution has actual knowledge of each party's contribution.
(d) All funds in an account, unless otherwise agreed in writing by
the financial institution and the parties to the account, remain
subject to liens, security interests, rights of setoff, and charges,
notwithstanding the determination or allocation of net contributions
with respect to the parties.