California Code
PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE
TITLE 10 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 1300. - 1300. For the purposes of this title, the following definitions...

Section 1301. - 1301. For the purposes of this title, unless otherwise specified,...

ARTICLE 2 - Purpose and Scope

Section 1305. - 1305. It is the purpose of this title to provide...

Section 1306. - 1306. The provisions of this title do not apply to...

CHAPTER 2 - Receipt and Expenditure of Funds

ARTICLE 1 - Deposit of Unclaimed Property

Section 1310. - 1310. Whenever, under the provisions of this title or under...

Section 1311. - 1311. Any person transmitting money or other property to the...

Section 1312. - 1312. Whenever money or other property is paid to the...

Section 1313. - 1313. A fund is hereby created in the State Treasury,...

Section 1314. - 1314. The Controller shall maintain a separate account in the...

Section 1315. - 1315. If unclaimed money or other property in an estate...

Section 1316. - 1316. If unclaimed money or other property is received by...

Section 1317. - 1317. The amount of each canceled warrant credited to the...

Section 1318. - 1318. All interest received and other income derived from the...

Section 1319. - 1319. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1318, all rents,...

Section 1320. - 1320. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1318, all rents,...

Section 1321. - 1321. Any person delivering money or other property to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Appropriation

Section 1325. - 1325. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money...

CHAPTER 3 - Payment of Claims

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 1335. - 1335. When payment or delivery of money or other property...

ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Erroneous Receipts

Section 1345. - 1345. If any person has erroneously delivered any unclaimed moneys...

Section 1346. - 1346. If any person has erroneously delivered any unclaimed moneys...

Section 1347. - 1347. Whenever money deposited in the Unclaimed Property Fund is...

ARTICLE 3 - Claims

Section 1350. - 1350. Unless otherwise provided in this title, all money or...

Section 1351. - 1351. Unless otherwise provided in this title, all money or...

Section 1352. - 1352. (a) Whenever unclaimed money or other property is deposited...

Section 1353. - 1353. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 401 or 1352,...

Section 1354. - 1354. Whenever any claim is made or petition filed by...

Section 1355. - 1355. Within five years after date of entry of judgment...

CHAPTER 4 - Management of Unclaimed Property

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1360. - 1360. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 1361. - 1361. The care and custody of all property delivered to...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers of the Controller

Section 1365. - 1365. In connection with all unclaimed property, the Controller has...

ARTICLE 3 - Sale or Disposal of Property

Section 1370. - 1370. The Controller may sell or lease personal property at...

Section 1371. - 1371. The Controller may sell, cash, redeem, exchange, or otherwise...

Section 1372. - 1372. The Controller may sign, endorse, or otherwise authenticate, in...

Section 1373. - 1373. The Controller may lease or sell any real property...

Section 1374. - 1374. The Controller may reject any and all bids made...

Section 1375. - 1375. Any real property may be sold or leased by...

Section 1376. - 1376. Upon receipt of the proceeds of any sale made...

Section 1377. - 1377. The Controller shall not enter into any transaction which...

Section 1378. - 1378. No suit shall be maintained by any person against...

Section 1379. - 1379. The Controller may destroy or otherwise dispose of any...

Section 1380. - 1380. All sales, exchanges, or other transactions entered into by...

Section 1381. - 1381. All sales, leases or other transactions entered into by...

Section 1382. - 1382. Any provision of this article which authorizes the Controller...

ARTICLE 4 - Disposal of Proceeds of Sale or Lease

Section 1390. - 1390. The Controller shall deliver to the Treasurer the proceeds...

Section 1391. - 1391. The Controller shall deliver to the Treasurer the proceeds...

Section 1392. - 1392. The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under...

Section 1393. - 1393. The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under...

Section 1394. - 1394. The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under...

CHAPTER 5 - Escheat Proceedings

ARTICLE 1 - Escheat Proceedings on Unclaimed Property

Section 1410. - 1410. The Attorney General shall, from time to time, commence...

ARTICLE 2 - Escheat by Notice and Publication

Section 1415. - 1415. Whenever any money or other personal property of a...

ARTICLE 3 - Escheat Proceedings in Decedents Estates

Section 1420. - 1420. (a) At any time after two years after the...

Section 1421. - 1421. Whenever the Attorney General is informed that any estate...

Section 1422. - 1422. The court, upon the information being filed, and upon...

Section 1423. - 1423. All persons named in the information may appear and...

Section 1424. - 1424. If, in any proceeding had under this title, the...

ARTICLE 4 - Permanent Escheat

Section 1430. - 1430. (a) Upon the expiration of five years after the...

Section 1431. - 1431. When money in the Unclaimed Property Fund has become...

CHAPTER 6 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property

ARTICLE 1 - Estates of Deceased Persons

Section 1440. - 1440. Whenever, under the provisions of this title or under...

Section 1441. - 1441. Money or other property distributed to the state under...

Section 1442. - 1442. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1441, any money...

Section 1443. - 1443. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all money or...

Section 1444. - 1444. At the time of the next county settlement following...

Section 1444.5. - 1444.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any money on...

Section 1445. - 1445. If money or other property is deposited in a...

Section 1446. - 1446. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unclaimed money...

Section 1447. - 1447. Notwithstanding any other law, all unclaimed money or other...

Section 1448. - 1448. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unclaimed money...

Section 1449. - 1449. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all presumptively abandoned...

ARTICLE 2 - Abandoned Property

Section 1476. - 1476. The expiration of any period of time specified by...

CHAPTER 7 - Unclaimed Property Law

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Application

Section 1500. - 1500. This chapter may be cited as the Unclaimed Property...

Section 1501. - 1501. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise...

Section 1501.5. - 1501.5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 1502. - 1502. (a) This chapter does not apply to any of...

Section 1503. - 1503. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Old act”...

Section 1504. - 1504. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Old act”...

Section 1505. - 1505. This chapter does not affect any duty to file...

Section 1506. - 1506. The provisions of this chapter as it exists on...

ARTICLE 2 - Escheat of Unclaimed Personal Property

Section 1510. - 1510. Unless otherwise provided by statute of this state, intangible...

Section 1511. - 1511. (a) Any sum payable on a money order, travelers...

Section 1513. - 1513. (a) Subject to Sections 1510 and 1511, the following...

Section 1513.5. - 1513.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the...

Section 1514. - 1514. (a) The contents of, or the proceeds of sale...

Section 1515. - 1515. (a) Subject to Section 1510, funds held or owing...

Section 1515.5. - 1515.5. Property distributable in the course of a demutualization or...

Section 1516. - 1516. (a) Subject to Section 1510, any dividend, profit, distribution,...

Section 1517. - 1517. (a) All property distributable in the course of a...

Section 1518. - 1518. (a) (1) All tangible personal property located in this...

Section 1518.5. - 1518.5. (a) Subject to Section 1510, funds maintained in a...

Section 1519. - 1519. All tangible personal property located in this state, and,...

Section 1519.5. - 1519.5. Subject to Section 1510, any sums held by a...

Section 1520. - 1520. (a) All tangible personal property located in this state...

Section 1520.5. - 1520.5. Section 1520 does not apply to gift certificates subject...

Section 1521. - 1521. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and subject...

Section 1522. - 1522. No service, handling, maintenance or other charge or fee...

Section 1523. - 1523. If an insurer, after a good faith effort to...

Section 1528. - 1528. This chapter does not apply to unclaimed funds held...

ARTICLE 3 - Identification of Escheated Property

Section 1530. - 1530. (a) Every person holding funds or other property escheated...

Section 1531. - 1531. (a) Within one year after payment or delivery of...

Section 1531.5. - 1531.5. (a) The Controller shall establish and conduct a notification...

Section 1531.6. - 1531.6. (a) In addition to the notices required pursuant to...

Section 1532. - 1532. (a) Every person filing a report as provided by...

Section 1532.1. - 1532.1. Notwithstanding Sections 1531 and 1532, property that escheats to...

Section 1533. - 1533. Tangible personal property may be excluded from the notices...

ARTICLE 4 - Payment of Claims

Section 1540. - 1540. (a) Any person, excluding another state, who claims to...

Section 1541. - 1541. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Controller...

Section 1542. - 1542. (a) At any time after property has been paid...

Section 1543. - 1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, the Controller may do any of...

ARTICLE 5 - Administration of Unclaimed Property

Section 1560. - 1560. (a) Upon the payment or delivery of escheated property...

Section 1561. - 1561. (a) If the holder pays or delivers escheated property...

Section 1562. - 1562. When property other than money is delivered to the...

Section 1563. - 1563. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 1564. - 1564. (a) All money received under this chapter, including the...

Section 1564.5. - 1564.5. (a) Notwithstanding any law, including, but not limited to,...

Section 1565. - 1565. Any property delivered to the Controller pursuant to this...

Section 1566. - 1566. (a) When payment or delivery of money or other...

Section 1567. - 1567. The Director of Parks and Recreation may examine any...

ARTICLE 6 - Compliance and Enforcement

Section 1570. - 1570. The expiration of any period of time specified by...

Section 1571. - 1571. (a) The Controller may at reasonable times and upon...

Section 1572. - 1572. (a) The State Controller may bring an action in...

Section 1573. - 1573. The State Controller may enter into an agreement to...

Section 1574. - 1574. At the request of another state, the Attorney General...

Section 1575. - 1575. (a) If the State Controller believes that a person...

Section 1576. - 1576. (a) Any person who willfully fails to render any...

Section 1577. - 1577. (a) In addition to any damages, penalties, or fines...

Section 1577.5. - 1577.5. (a) This section shall be known, and may be...

ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous

Section 1580. - 1580. The State Controller is hereby authorized to make necessary...

Section 1581. - 1581. (a) Any business association that sells in this state...

Section 1582. - 1582. (a) (1) An agreement to locate, deliver, recover, or...

CHAPTER 8 - Property in Custody of Federal Officers, Agencies, and Departments

Section 1600. - 1600. It is the policy of this State: (a) To...

Section 1601. - 1601. As used in this chapter: (a) “Unclaimed property” means...

Section 1602. - 1602. The Controller is authorized to enter into agreements establishing...

Section 1603. - 1603. The State hereby undertakes to hold the United States...

Section 1604. - 1604. (a) All unclaimed intangible property, together with all interest...

Section 1605. - 1605. The Governor shall certify to the Comptroller General or...

Section 1606. - 1606. On the thirtieth day of June next following the...

Section 1607. - 1607. When a report is received from the Comptroller General...

Section 1608. - 1608. The expiration of any period of time specified by...

Section 1609. - 1609. Within 120 days following the date of initial posting...

Section 1610. - 1610. No summons or other process shall issue to direct...

Section 1611. - 1611. Any person, whether or not named in the petition,...

Section 1612. - 1612. Within 20 days following expiration of time for filing...

Section 1613. - 1613. The Controller shall request delivery or payment of all...

Section 1614. - 1614. Property received under this chapter shall be deposited or...

Section 1615. - 1615. All money in the abandoned property account in the...