Gov. Code, § 12418 · Article 2. Duties
Gov. Code, § 12418
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Controller shall direct and superintend the collection of all money due the State, and institute suits in its name:
(a) For all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue.
(b) Against persons who by any means have become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay it over or deliver it.
(c) Against all debtors of the State.
If the action is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in Sacramento County such court is the proper court for trial, without regard to the residence of the defendants.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.
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