Gov. Code, § 12542 · Article 3. Escheated Property

Gov. Code, § 12542

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The Attorney General may employ counsel to act in the Attorney General’s place and stead for the investigation for discovery and the recovery of any such property. In those proceedings counsel so employed have the authority of the Attorney General.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 102. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=12542.
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