2011 California Code
Evidence Code
DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900 - 1070]
ARTICLE 3. Lawyer-Client Privilege
Section 953
As used in this article, holder of the privilege means:
(a) The client, if the client has no guardian or conservator.
(b) A guardian or conservator of the client, if the client has a guardian or conservator.
(c) The personal representative of the client if the client is dead, including a personal representative appointed pursuant to Section 12252 of the Probate Code.
(d) A successor, assign, trustee in dissolution, or any similar representative of a firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or public entity that is no longer in existence.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2010.)
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